MARCH 8TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.

The Gourdon coastguard reported a small boat adrift off Johns-haven, and at 11.10 A.M.. the motor life-boat Margaret Dawson was launched. A light southerly wind was blowing, but there was a heavy ground swell. The life-boat found the boat, but it was empty and she towed it to Gourdon, arriving at 12.30 P.M. The owners of the boat, which came from Montrose, made a gift to the Institution and another to the life-boat crew. - Rewards, £16 16s.