In place of the usual Notes of the Quarter there appears in this number an appeal by the Chairman of the R.N.L.I.

In other parts of this number there appear as usual accounts of services by the crews of life-boats and IRBs. Among the many rescues described is one in which the St. Mary's life-boat crew performed an extremely skilful feat of seamanship in the course of a 27-hour service in a force 9 gale. Two very finerescues by IRBs on the south coast and an individual act of gallantry by a doctor are among the other services recorded.

It is in these feats of endurance, of seamanship, and of courage that the essence of the life-boat service is found. It is to make such achievements possible that the problems immediately confronting the R.N.L.I. must and will be solved..