Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—At 9.30 on the night of the 2nd of February, 1956, a doctor at Bunbeg reported that the priest at Tory Island was ill and asked if the life-boat would take him to the mainland for hospital treatment. The island had been cut off for nine days, and no other boat could reach it. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 3rd the life-boat W. M. Tilson put out in a very rough sea, with a south- easterly gale blowing and rain. The life-boat reached Tory Island at noon, but she could not come close inshore because of the weather. The priest was ferried out in a small boat and transferred to the life-boat, which took him to Burtonport, whence he was taken to Letterkenny District Hospital. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at seven o'clock in the evening. The priest made a donation to the funds of the Institu- tion.—Rewards to the crew, £24 5s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 1*..