/ 1 . Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 147 International Lifeboat Conference, by Patrick Howarth 148 XLVT Summary of Accounts for 1978 149 468 Lifeboat Services 150 Lifeboats of the World: Part II—Sea rescue outside Europe, by Eric Middleton 158 Chairman: MAJOR-GENERAL R. H. FARRANT, CB Footprints on the Sand of Time, by Edward Carpenter 161 Acting Director and Secretary: VfYaMby: The lifeboat station and her people, by Joan Davies 162 JOHN R. ATTERTON, MBE Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part XII—Trials 166 Managing Editor: Around the Coast 168 PATRICK HOWARTH Shoreline 169 Editor: JOAN DAVIES jdea, Home Exhibjtion ,70 Headquarters: Some Ways of Raising Money 171 Royal National Life-boat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 Letters 174 1HZ (Telephone Poole 71133).

Book Reviews 176 London Office: Royal National Life-boat Institution Offshore Lifeboat Services, December 1978, January and February 1979 177 21 Ebury Street, London SW1W OLD (Telephone 01-730 0031). Inshore Lifeboat Services, December 1978, January and February 1979 . 178.