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Abstract

AMONG the names included in the long list of Durbar Honours published on New Year's Day, we notice the following;-Dr. George Watt, C.I.E., officer in charge of the Economic and Art Section of the Indian Museum, Calcutta has had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him. Dr. W. R. Hooper, C.S.I., President of the Medical Board at the India Office, and Sir Colin Campbell Scott Moncrieff, K.C.M.G., President of the Indian Irrigation Commission, have been made Knight Commanders of the Star of India. Colonel St. George C. Gore, Surveyor-General of India, has been made a Companion of the same order. Dr. B. Franklin, Director-General Indian Medical Service, and Mr. John Eliot, F.?.S., Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director-General of Indian Observatories, have been promoted to the rank of Knight Commanders of the Order of the Indian Empire. Major A. W. Alcock, F.R.S, Superintendent of the Indian Museum, and Prof. J. C. Bose, Presidency College, Calcutta, have been made Companions of the same order. Major David Semple, Director of the Pasteur Institute, Kasauli, has been awarded the Kaisar-I-Hind Medal for Public Service in India,