THE Institution has had a letter from a consulting engineer in Travancore- Cochin, India, asking to be told how he "can get selected as a life-boatman in the Royal National Life-boat Insti- tution in England." He is, he says, a student of Madras University, has received his military training, is an efficient swimmer, knows how to rescue the drowning, can drive boats and has had considerable experience in working a bulldozer..