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THE list of honours conferred on the occasion of the celebration of the King's birthday on June 3 includes the following names of men known in scientific circles:—Baronets: Sir Thomas Elliott, Deputy-Master and Comptroller of the Mint (retiring); Sir Robert Hadfield, F.R.S., past-president of the Iron and Steel Institute and of the Faraday Society; Mr. James Knott, formerly president of the Institute of Marine Engineers; Sir Philip Magnus, representative in Parliament for the University of London since 1906; the Right Hon. T. W. Russell, Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland; Dr. Frederick Taylor, president of the Royal College of Physicians. Knights: Prof. W. J. Ashley, professor and dean of the faculty of commerce at Birmingham University; Mr. Graham Balfour, secretary to the Staffordshire Education Committee; Mr. F. H. Barker, for his work in the development and adoption of the Parsons steam turbine throughout the principal countries of Europe; Prof. T. Kennedy DaJziel, professor of surgery, Anderson 's College, Glasgow; Dr. T. Gregory Foster, the provost of University College, London; Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S., director of the National Physical Laboratory since 1899; Mr. Robert Jones, lecturer on orthopedic surgery, Liverpool University, and inspector of military orthopadics, A.M.C.; Mr. William Peck, director of the City Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh; Prof. E. C. Stirling, professo.r of physiology in the Univer. sity of Adelaide; Mr. H. F. Waterhouse, dean and lecturer on anatomy at Charing Cross Medical School. K.C.B.: Dr H. F. Heath, secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. K.C.M.G.: Dr. R. A. Falconer, president of the University of Toronto. C.M.G.: Mr. R. C. Allen, Director of Surveys and Land Officer, Uganda Protectorate; Mr. T. Hood, Director of the Medical and Sanitary Service, Nigeria; Mr. F. E. Kanthack, Director of Irrigation, Union of South Africa. C.I.E.: Lt.-Col. D. W. Sutherland, principal, and professor of medicine, Medical College and School, Lrhore, Punjab; Mr. Taw Sein Ko, superintendent, Archological Survey, Burma. Kaisar-i-Hind Medal: Capt. R. H. Bott, professor of surgery, Medical College, Lahore, Punjab.