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THE list of New Year honours includes the names of the following men distinguished by their scientific work or associations:-Knights: Prof. D. Drummond, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham; Dr. W. H. Hamer, Medical Officer of Health for London; and Dr.?.?. Spilsbury, hon. pathologist to the Home Office. C.B.: Dr. F. J. H. Coutts, Senior Medical Officer, Ministry of Health. C.I.E.: Dr. N. Annandale, director of the Zoological Survey of India; Lieut.—Col. A. T. Gage, Indian Medical Service, superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and director of the Botanical Survey of India, Bengal; and Mr. F. A. Leete, Chief Conservator of Forests, Burma. K.B.E.: Prof. D. Orme Masson, F.R.S., professor of chemistry in the University of Melbourne. C.B.E.: Dr. J. W. Evans, F.R.S., a member of the governing body of the Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau; and Mr. F. E. Smith, F.R.S., director of Scientific Research, Admiralty.