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them at this port in the hands of experienced and trustworthy 

 fishermen, to whom they are let at a small percentage on their 

 earnings, in order that they may serve as models from which the 

 local boats may be improved in a similar manner. 



I need scarcely say that the efforts of the Institution, which has 

 expended a large sum of money in bringing the plan I have de- 

 scribed under the notice of fishermen and others in a practical 

 form, are entirely devoted to the preservation and safety of life, and 

 that it is not to any extent actuated by the expectation of pecu- 

 niary gain. Yet it may not be out of place for me to say, as a 

 proof of the utility of these boats in the advantageous prosecution 

 of the fisheries, that I have just remitted to the Institution a sum 

 of 261. ijs. 5^., being one-twelfth part of the earnings of the safety 

 fishing-boat here, with which I am connected, since the month of 

 May last. I trust, therefore, that I may be allowed to express an 

 earnest hope that the plan of the safety fishing-boat, of which I 

 rejoice to be able to speak so favourably, may be, adopted in, the 

 course of time wherever the lives of fishermen are now exposed 

 in open boats to the perils of the sea. I feel assured that those 

 who advocate its adoption not only advance the cause of humanity 

 but promote the welfare of the fishing communities, which must 

 always maintain an important position in the maritime interest of 

 the world. I remain, sir, your faithful servant, 



WILLIAM BOYD, Hon. Secretary, 



Royal National Life-boat Institution* 



PETERHEAD, N.B., Nov. 8. 



ON THE MANAGEMENT OF OPEN ROWING- 

 BOATS IN A SURF, BEACHING THEM, &c. 



The National Life-boat Institution some time since col- 

 lected information from 128 different places on the coasts of the 

 United Kingdom regarding the system of management of boats 

 in a surf and broken water pursued by fishermen and other 

 coast boatmen. It has appeared to the Committee of the In- 

 stitution that the information obtained in this manner and in 

 other ways may with advantage be published and circulated, 



