As briefly reported in the July issue of THE LIFE-BOAT (page 154) a number of life-boat naming ceremonies have taken place.

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire: the 44-foot steel life-boat Arthur & Blanche Harris was named by Lady Traherne, wife of the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan- shire, on 2nd May. The cost of the boat was defrayed by a legacy left by Mrs.

B. A. L. Harris of London, W. 1. Mr. Raymond Cory, a member of the Committee of Management of the R.N.L.I., accepted the boat on behalf of the Institution, and Captain G. C. E. Trueman, honorary secretary at Barry Dock, accepted her on behalf of the station. The dedication was performed by Canon C. A. Davies, Rector of Cadoxton-Juxta-Barry, assisted by the Rev. Father Cresci.Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford: the R. Hope Roberts—a 48-foot 6-inch Solent class life-boat with a steel hull—was named by Mrs. J. Lynch, wife of the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic, on 2nd May. The cost of the boat was defrayed by the appropriation of the proceeds of legacies of Miss Annie Ronald, Mrs. Rhoda Hope and Miss E. E. Roberts, together with an anonymous donation of £23,500. Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., Chairman of the Committee of Management, delivered the boat to the care of the Wexford and Rosslare Harbour branch, and Mr. C. G. Miller, station honorary secretary, accepted the boat on behalf of the branch. The Most Rev. Dr. D. J. Herlihy, Bishop of Ferns, and the Right Rev. Dr. H. R. McAdoo, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, blessed the life-boat.

Exmouth, South Devon: the City of Birmingham—a 48-foot 6-inch Solent type—was named by Mrs. Charles V. G. Simpson on 16th May. The cost of the boat was defrayed by contributions made by the citizens of Birmingham and the general funds of the Institution. The Deputy Mayor of Birmingham (Aid. Charles V. G. Simpson) handed over the life-boat on behalf of the City ofBirmingham, and she was received on behalf of the R.N.L.I. by Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, and Mr. C. E. Chown, honorary secretary of the station. The Lord Bishop of Exeter, the Right Rev. R. C. Mortimer, dedicated the life-boat, assisted by the Rev. R. T. Urwin, Vicar of Littleham cum Exmouth, the Rev.

A. Lester-Hetherington, Free Church, and the Rev. Canon J. P. O'Malley, Roman Catholic priest.

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire: the James and Mariska Joicey, also a 48-foot 6-inch Solent type, was named by Miss Magda Joicey on 6th June. The life-boat was provided by a gift from the James Joicey Trust. Mrs. E. M. Hinton handed over the life-boat to the Institution, and His Grace The Duke of Atholl, Con- vener, Scottish Life-boat Council, accepted the boat on behalf of the Committee of Management. Mr. W. A. P. Cormack, honorary secretary of the station, received her on behalf of the local branch. The Rev. William H. Brown, Minister of St. Andrew's Church of Scotland, Peterhead, and Superintendent Vernon Carey, R.N.M.D.S.F., conducted the dedication.

Bembridge, Isle of Wight: the Jack Shayler and The Lees, which is a 48-foot 6-inch Solent type, was named by the Governor of the Isle of Wight, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, on 3rd July. The cost of the boat—£70,000—was defrayed from the legacies of the late Miss Annie G. Shayler of Burgh Heath, Surrey, and Mr. Alfred Lees, of Oldham, Lancashire, and the general funds of the R.N.L.I. Sir Charles Baring, a member of the Committee of Management, handed over the life-boat to the station, and she was accepted by Mr. A. P.

Weaver, B.E.M., honorary secretary. The Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight, the Venerable Ronald V. Scruby, dedicated the life-boat, assisted by the Rev. J.

Buckett, Vicar of St. Helens, the Rev. J. Charlton Blackburn, Methodist minister, and Father J. Balfe, Roman Catholic priest.

Ramsey, Isle of Man: the James Ball Ritchie—a 37-foot Oakley type—was named by Mrs. Ritchie on 9th July. The cost of her was defrayed by a gift from Mrs. Ritchie in memory of her husband, the late Mr. James Ball Ritchie. Captain Nigel Dixon, R.N., Secretary of the Institution, accepted the boat on behalf of the R.N.L.I., and Mr. B. T. Swales, honorary secretary, on behalf of the localbranch. The Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, the Right Rev. Eric Gordon, dedicated the life-boat, assisted by the Rev. Francis Wood, parish priest of Our Lady of the Sea and St. Maughold's, Ramsey, and the Rev. E. J. Le Poidevin, chairman of the Methodist Church, Isle of Man district.

New Quay, Cardiganshire: the Birds Eye, which is a 37-foot Oakley life-boat, was named by the president of the New Quay station branch of the R.N.L.I., Mr. Alastair Graham, on 9th September. Mr. M. G. Moss, marketing develop- ment director of Birds Eye Foods Ltd., presented the life-boat to the R.N.L.I., and she was accepted on behalf of the Institution by Rear-Admiral D. J. Hoare, C.B., M.I.MECH.E., M.R.i.N.A., a member of the Committee of Management.

Captain J. Byron Jones, O.B.E., honorary secretary of the station, accepted the boat on behalf of the local branch. The Lord Bishop of St. David's, the Rt.

Rev. J. Richard Richards, dedicated the life-boat..