Miss SUSAN JANICE PRICE, of Greaves County Secondary School, Lancaster, won the first prize in the competition for the best essay on the Life-boat Service organised by the Institution.

Other Prizes The prizes for the best essays in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and six districts in England were awarded to the following:— Ireland: Eileen Woods, Movilla Secondary Intermediate School, Newtownards, Northern Ireland.

Scotland: David Ross Davidson, Grantown Grammar School, Morayshire.

Wales: Pryce Michael Farmer, Ysgol Dyf- fryn School, Nantlle, Penygroes, Caernarvonshire.

England: Midlands: Leslie Edwin Duncan, Harold Secondary Modern Boys' School, Harold Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

North-East: Valerie Hudspith, West- ern County Secondary Modern Girls' School, Wallsend, Northum- berland.

North- West: Susan Janice Price, Greaves County Secondary School, Lancaster.

South-East : Ann Caroline Kopperman, Cheam County Secondary Girls' School, Surrey.

South- West: William Knowles Smethurst, Fosters School, Tinneys Lane, Sherborne, Dorset.

London: Sandra Barnes, Eltham Hill School, London, S.E.9.

BECAUSE of pressure of space caused by the very large number of services in July, August and September, it is not possible to publish the winning essay in full..