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THE home list of honours conferred on the occasion of H.M. the King's birthday on June 3 includes three new Privy Councillors, seven new baronets, and twenty-six knights. The only fellow of the Royal Society in the list is Prof. E. A. Schafer, professor of physiology in the University of Edinburgh, who has received the honour of knighthood. The same honour has been conferred upon Prof. J. H. Biles, professor of naval architecture in the University of Glasgow. Prof. T. H. Middleton, formerly professor of agriculture in the University of Cambridge, and now -assistant secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, has been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.). The appointments to the Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.) include Major G. K. Walker, professor of sanitary science, Punjab Veterinary College; Mr. L. Mercer, president of the Forest Research Institute and College, Dehra Dun; and Mr. J. H. Lace, Chief Conservator of Forests, Burma.