Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 14th of December, 1955, the doctor on the Isle of Eigg telephoned the life-boat station that he had a patient suffering from appen- dicitis, who must be taken to hospital at once. As no other boat was avail- able the life-boat Sir Arthur Rose put out at 4.30. The sea was rough, there was a southerly gale, and the tide was half flood. The life-boat went to Eigg, embarked the patient, and returned to Mallaig, where an ambulance was waiting, arriving at 10.30. The patient's life was saved.—Rewards to the crew, £14. Refunded to the In- stitution by the St. Andrews and Red Cross Scottish Ambulance Service..