Islay, Hebrides. At 11.15 on the morning of the 9th of October, 1959, the honorary secretary was asked if the life-boat could be used to collect the ballot boxes used in the General Election from Colonsay Island, as no other boat was available to put out in the weather conditions prevailing. At 1.40 the life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth left her moorings in a choppy sea. A strong easterly wind was blowing, and it was an hour and a half after high water. The life-boat collected the ballot boxes and returned to her station at 6.20. The expenses incurred were re- funded to the Institution by the Sheriff Court of Argyll..