SEPTEMBER 2ND. - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.

At 8.30 in the morning the medical officer of Yell telephoned for the life-boat to fetch a sick woman from Fetlar to Lerwick for hospital treatment. No other suitable vessel was available. A southerly wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor lifeboat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland left at 9.15 and brought back the patient, accompanied by a nurse and a relative, arriving at 5.40 that afternoon. - An increase in the usual money awards on the standard scale was made to each member of the crew.

Standard rewards to crew, £4 7s. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew, £3 ; total rewards, £7 7S. 6d. The rewards were repaid to the Institution..