A SERVICE of commemoration and re- dedication to mark the restoration of the tomb of the founder of the life-boat Institution, Sir William Hillary, was held at St. George's Parish Church in Douglas, Isle of Man, on 17th March.

The preacher was the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Pollard. The Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Ronald Garvey, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore, who represented the Committee of Manage- ment, laid wreaths on Hillary's tomb.

That the work of restoration was carried out was in very great measure due to the efforts of the President of the Douglas branch, the First Deemster S. J. Kneale..