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THE names of few men associated with scientific work appear in the list of New Year Honours. Three fellows of the Royal Society are among the recipients of honours, namely Mr. Francis Darwin, upon whom a knighthood is conferred; Dr. A. G. Bourne, Director of Public Instruction, Madras, who is made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (K.C.I.E.); and Dr. W. R. Dunstan, director of the Imperial Institute, who has been appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.). Other names of men known in the scientific world are Sir Frank Crisp, a new baronet, for many years treasurer and vice-president of the Linnean Society, and honorary secretary of the Royal Microscopical Society from 1878 to 1889; Dr. R. W. Philip (knighthood), distinguished by his work on the etiology and treatment of tuberculosis; Mr. S. Stockman (knighthood), chief veterinary officer to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries; Dr. W. G. Liston (C.I.E.), director of the Bacteriological Laboratory, Parel, and senior member of the Plague Research Commission; and Prof. P. J. Brühl (I.S.O.), Civil Engineering College, Sibpur.