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IN the distribution of Jubilee honours the claims of science have not been forgotten. Among those who have been raised to the peerage we are glad to see the name of Sir William Armstrong, C.B., F.R.S. The honour of knighthood has been conferred upon Warington Smyth, Esq., F.R.S.; Dr. Garrod, F.R.S.; G. H. Macleod, Esq., Queen's Surgeon, Edinburgh; and J. Wright, Esq., C.B., late Civil Engineer to the Navy. Among the new Knights Commanders of the Bath are John Simon, Esq., M.D., C.B., F.R.S., late Medical Officer, Privy Council Office; and Capt. Douglas Gallon, C.B., F.R.S.; Prof. W. H. Flower, F.R.S., British Museum, and Prof. Brown, Agricultural Department of the Privy Council, have been made Companions of the Bath.