Selsey, Sussex.—At 3.5 on the after- noon of the 14th of May, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat, believed to be one in which the life-boat honorary secretary's son and two of his friends had put out earlier in the day. had been seen near an old wreck off Chichester harhour. The weather was bad, and at 3.15 the life- boat Canadian Pacific was launched, with the second coxswain in charge.

The sea was rough, a strong south- westerly breeze was blowing1, and the tide was flooding. The life-boat made for the position and found the motor boat one mile north-west of Selsey Bill. She was making way slowly, but the life-boat towed her to Selsey, reaching her station again at 4.30.

The honorary secretary expressed histhanks and made a donation to the funds of the Institution.—Rewards to the crew, £8; rewards to the helpers on shore, £5 fs..