LORD SALTOUN, M.C., has retired from the Committee of Management of the R.N.L.I. Of his work for the life-boat service, the Duke of Atholl, the Convenor of the Scottish Life-boat Council, writes: By the resignation of Lord Saltoun the Committee of Management has suffered a great loss. He brought authority, originality and humour to its discussions. He would go through the agenda of the various sub-committees with a toothcomb, and nothing that was likely to be detrimental to the Institution, any of its employees, voluntary workers or crews escaped his notice.

Probably, however, his greatest contribution to the Institution was his for- ward thinking. He was one of the first members of the Committee of Manage- ment to realize that its function should be not only to run the Institution, but also that its members should get out into the country and get to know life-boat workers at all levels - and he always gave a shining example of this. He considered the formal meetings a small part of his R.N.L.I. work, and most of his time was devoted to criss-crossing the country meeting its supporters, among whom he has a phenomenal number of friends.

He was, of course, most closely connected with Scotland where he was my predecessor as Convenor of the Scottish Life-boat Council, and I am pleased to say he has agreed to remain on that body. We shall miss him greatly in London, but at least we shall still have him in Edinburgh..