The no. 2 life-boat has been with- drawn from Padstow and transferred to Poole, and the Padstow no. 2 station was officially closed on the 31st March, 1962. Siltation at the toe of the slip- way and generally in the cove has in recent years made the launching of the no. 2 boat impossible for some hours either side of low water, and in the last five years the no. 2 life-boat has been unable to render any effective service or to save any lives. The large no. 1 life- boat will remain at Padstow and is now moored off the Town Quay.

It has also been decided to withdraw the no. 2 life-boat from Aberdeen and to close down the Tony life-saving apparatus station, for which the In- stitution has been responsible, on the 30th June. The Aberdeen no. 1 life-boat and the North Pier life-savng apparatus will of course remain in operation..