Galway Bay. On the 8th of October, 1958, the Minister of State for Gaelic Affairs arrived at Kilronan with other officials in the island mail steamer with the intention of visiting the neighbour- ing islands by motor boat the next day and returning to the mainland to attend an important Cabinet meeting on the 10th of October. Weather deteriorated overnight, and not only was he unable to visit the islands, but there was no boat at Kilronan which could bring him back to the mainland. The life- boat Mabel Marion Thompson therefore put out at five o'clock in a very rough sea, with a strong westerly wind blowing and an ebb tide. She landed the Minister on the nearest point of the mainland, returning to her station at 8.10 p.m. The Minister made a dona- tion to the Institution's funds. Rewards to the crew, £12 5s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 15s..