THE following names of scientific workers and others associated with scientific activities appear in the New Year's honours list, which, owing to the illness of His Majesty the King, was not issued until Mar. 1: Barons: Sir Jesse Boot, for services in the promotion of education; Sir Berkeley Moynihan, president of the Royal College of Surgeons. Knights: Prof. J. A. Fleming, emeritus professor of electrical engineering, University College, London; Mr. G. A. Julius, chairman of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Commonwealth of Australia; Col. T. F. Purves, Engineer-in-Chief, Post Office; Mr. A. V. Roe, for distinguished services to British aviation; Sardar Jogendra Singh, Minister for Agriculture, Punjab; Lee ah Yain, Minister for Forests, Burma; Companion of Honour: Lady Florence Elizabeth Barrett, Dean of the London School of Medicine for Women and president of the Medical Women's International Association. C.B.: Sir Walter Morley Fletcher, secretary of the Medical Research Council; Dr. G. F. Hill, Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum. C.M.G.: Mr. F. C. Madden, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Egyptian University, Cairo. K.C.I.E.: Sir Thomas Middleton, lately member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture in India. C.I.E.: Mr. R. S. Finlow, Director of Agriculture, Bengal; Mr. N. N. Gangulee, lately member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture in India; Mr. J. A. Madan, lately joint secretary to the Royal Commission on Agriculture in India; Mr. W. Mayes, Chief Conservator of Forests, Punjab; Mr. F. W. H. Smith, lately joint secretary to the Royal Commission on Agriculture in India. G.B.E.: Sir William McCormick, chairman of the University Grants Committee and of the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. D.B.E.: Prof. Anne Louise Mcllroy, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine for Women, University of London. C.B.E.: Prof. Winifred Cullis, professor of physiology, London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women; Mr. R. Hewison, late Director of Agriculture and Forests, Sudan Government; Mr. W. Nowell, Director of the Amani Research Institute, Tanganyika Territory. O.B.E.: Mr. G. E. Hunt, lecturer in engineering, Gordon College, Khartoum; Mr. W. A. Taylor, superintending examiner, Patent Office. M.B.E.: Mr. G. E. Holden, technical adviser to the Dyestuffs Advisory Licensing Committee; Mr. A. J. W. Hornby, agricultural chemist, Nyasaland Protectorate.