/~ — y. j. f Y "f c* Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 39 North Cornwall . . . visit of The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution, to five stations in North Cornwall 41 VolUme XLVI Lifeboat Services 42 Number 465 Dedication: Offshore—Inshore 49 Central Operations/Information Room, RNLI Headquarters, Poole 52 Chairman: MAJOR-GENERAL R. H. FARRANT, CB Coastguard . . . Lt-Cdr Tim Fetherston-Dilke, the new Chief Coastguard, talks of the re-organisation taking place within Director and Secretary: the servjce 53 CAPTAIN NIGEL DIXON, QBE, RN Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards 55 American Journey by Patrick Howarth 59 Managing Editor: PATRICK HOWARTH Shoreline 60 Edltor: Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part IX—Closed Circuits 61 JOAN DAVIES Here and There 62 Headquarters: Royal National Life-boat Institution, Some Ways of Raising Money 63 West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ (Telephone Poole 71133). Book Reviews 66 Letters 67 London Office: Royal National Life-boat Institution, offshore Lifeboat Services, March, April and May 1978 69 21 Ebury Street, London SW1W OLD (Telephone 01-730 0031). . , , ... , . „ . .. , . .. , ,. .„_„ _„ K Inshore Lifeboat Services, March, April and May 1978 70.