MR. JAMES NAPIER, a member of the Committee of Management since 1934, died on the 13th of November, 1953.

From 1934 to 1939 he was a member of the Boat Committee. A ship- builder by profession, he was chairman of the Steel Company of Scotland.

He was also a keen yachtsman, Com- modore of the Royal Northern Yacht Club, and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron..