Barra Island, Inverness-shire. At 8.30 on the evening of the 25th of October, 1957, a local doctor asked if the life-boat would convey a patient, who was dangerously ill, to Lochbois- dale for hospital treatment. At 9.15 the life-boat R.A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 embarked the patient and put out in a moderate sea. There was a moderate westerly breeze blowing, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat reached Lochboisdale, where the patient was taken to hospital, and then returned to her moorings, arriving at four o'clock the next morning. Rewards to the crew, £18 5s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 18s. Refunded to the In- stitution by the St. Andrew's and Red Cross Scottish Ambulance Service..