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THE chief distinction of interest to the scientific world in the list of New Year Honours is the appointment of Sir Archibald Geikie, K.C.B., F.R.S., to the Order of Merit, in recognition of the eminent services which he has rendered to the nation and to the world at large in the science of geology. Mr. James Bryce, O.M., F.R.S., who retired recently from the post of British Ambassador at Washington, is created a viscount. Sir Christopher Nixon, Bart., professor of medicine in University College, Dublin, has been made a Privy Councillor in Ireland. Sir Rickman J. Godlee, Bart, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, has been made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, and Sir William J. Collins has received a like honour. Among. the forty new knights are Prof. E; Rutherford, F.R:S., Langworthy professor of physics, University of Manchester; Mr. R. Blair, education officer of the London County Council since 1904; Prof.?.?. Allen, professor1 of pathology, University of Melbourne; and Surgeon-General A. T. Sloggett, director, Medical Services in India. Major A. Cooper-Key, Chief Inspector of Explosives, Home Office, has been appointed a Companion of the Bath (C.B.); Dr. A. Theiler, director of veterinary research, Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa, has been promoted to be Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.); and the new Companions (C.M.G.) of the same Order include Mr. A. G. Bell, Inspector of Mines, Trinidad; and Prof. J. Shand, professor of natural philosophy, University of Otago, NewT Zealand. Major J. D. E. Holmes, Imperial bacteriologist in charge of the veterinary laboratory at Muktesar, has been made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.).