NEW life-boats provided for the stations at Islay (Hebrides) and Penlee (Cornwall) were formally named during the summer. The Islay ceremony took place on the pier at Port Askaig on the 22nd of July, 1960, when Lady Jean Fforde named the new life-boat Francis W. Wother'spoon of Paisley. The boat, which is one of the 47-feet Watson type, was provided from a legacy of the late Mr. F. W. Wotherspoon.

Mr. A. W. Campbell, chairman of the branch, took the chair, and Lieut.- Commander D. G. Wicksteed, northern district inspector, described the new boat. Lord Saltoun, a member of the Committee of Management of the Institution and Chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, handed the boat over to the branch, Mr. Neil Mac- Millan, honorary secretary of the branchs accepting her. After a vote of thanks had been proposed by Mr. E. C. Peat, honorary treasurer of the branch, and seconded by Mr. G. F. Baird, the Rev.

G. W. Charlton, minister of the parish of Kilmeny, dedicated the life-boat.

The singing, which included a render- ing of the 100th psalm in Gaelic, was led by the Bowmore Gaelic Choir, conducted by Mrs. Barbara Penman, and the Kidalton Choir conducted by Mr. John C. Hopkin.

Lady Tedder named the new Penlee boat Solomon Browne, at a ceremony in Mousehole harbour on the 17th of September, 1960. The new boat, which is also one of the 47-feet Watson type, has been provided out of legacies left by Miss Lydia Mary Dyer Browne of Launceston, Cornwall, Miss Blanche Waterhouse of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, and Miss Sara Wilhelmina Davies of Timperley, Cheshire, and the general funds of the Institution.

Captain R. E. Goodman, chairman of the Penlee branch, took the chair, and Lieut.-Commander H. H. Harvey, western district inspector, described the new boat. The Hon. Greville Howard, M.P., a member of the Committee of Management of the Institution, handed the life-boat over to the branch, Mr.

J. K. Bennetts, honorary secretary of the branch, accepting her.

The Dean of Truro, the Very Rev.

H. M. Lloyd, assisted by the Vicar of Paul, the Rev. J. H. Tyrrell, and the Minister of St. Clement's Methodist Church, the Rev. J. P. Homer, dedi- cated the life-boat, and after hymns and a benediction the Mayor of Penzance, Councillor R. C. Matthews, proposed a vote of thanks, which was seconded by Lieut.-Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho.

Music was played by the Penzance Silver Band..