On the 5th and 7th of February, 1960, the Barra Island, Hebrides, life- boat was launched to take patients to South Uist. On the first occasion a woman gave birth to a child on board the life-boat. These events are re- corded on pages 435-6. Rewards to the crew on the 5th, £20 5s., and on the 7th, £18 5s. ; reward to the helper on shore on the 5th, 19s., and on the 7th, 18s..