Galway Bay.—At 11.30 in the morn- ing of the 25th of February, 1949, a doctor asked for the help of the life- boat to take an urgent maternity case to the mainland. No other suitable boat was available, and the life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched at twelve noon.

A moderate westerly wind was blowing, but the sea was fairly calm. The life- boat landed the woman at Casla and a waiting ambulance took her to hospital, but the baby died. The life-boat reached her station again at four in the afternoon. The woman sent a letter of thanks to the Institution.—Rewards, £7 19s..