THE new Pwllheli life-boat was named Katherine and Virgoe Buckland at Pwllheli on the 20th of August.

Captain R. E. Thomas, chairman of the Pwllheli branch, was in the chair.

Commander L. F. L. Hill, R.N.R., district inspector, described the boat.

Mrs. N. Keeping, of Milford-on-Sea, sister of the late Commander Virgoe Buckland, presented the boat to the Institution. Captain Guy D. Fan- shawe, a vice-president and a member of the Committee of Management, received her and handed her over to the branch, on whose behalf she was accepted by the Mayor of Pwllheli, Councillor Richard Williams. The Venerable Henry Williams, Arch- deacon of Merioneth and vicar of Arthog, dedicated the boat. Mrs.

R. E. Thomas then named her.

A colourful part of the ceremony was the singing of Madam Hughes Jones's Parti-Hell Choir, who were dressed in traditional Welsh costume.

The new life-boat, which is a 35-feet 6-inches Liverpool type boat, has been built out of legacies from the late Commander Virgoe Buckland, of Hove, and Mr. H. Woodhead, of Manchester, and out of a gift from the British Services Charities..