CORONATION HONOURS,

LONDON, June 26. ' The Coronation honours are : — Sir Henry Wylie-Norman and the Duke of Connaught to be Field-marshals. ! The Prince of Wales to be General, Lord Hopetoun to be Marquis. Lord Milner to be Viscount. The Lord Mayor of London, Sirs Francis Evans, Francis Laking, Thomas Lipton, Frederick Treves, Charles Hubert Parry, and Edward Poynter to be Baronets. Conan Doyle, Gilbert Parker, Captain W. Russell, Dr John Logan Campbell to be Knights. Sir Gordon Sprigg (Cape Premier), Sir E. Satow (British Minister to China) to be Grand Crosses. W. L. Allardyce (Receiver-General of Fiji), W. L. Mercer (Crown Agent for the Colonies), Mr Leake, recently de- ! ceased, (Premier of Western Australia), I and Colonels O. Tunbridge (Queensland) aud A. Bauchop (New Zealand) to be Companions of the Order of St. Michael aud St. George. An Order of Merit has been instituted, including Viscounts Roberts, Woheley, and Kitchener, Lords Rayleigh, Kelvin, and Lister, Mr John Morley, Admirals Keppel, Seymour, aud Watts (academician). The South African honours are: — Lieutenant-colonel Wools Sampson, Commander of the Bath and Honorary Colonel in the Army. Colonels C. W. Cox (New South Wales), Wathorn (Tasmania), Porter (New Zealand), Kelly (New South Wales Medical Corps) and Colenbrander (of Kitchener's Fighting Scouts), Companions of the Bath. Captain Dallimore (Victoria), Distinguished Service Order; Sergeant Wm. F. Hunt and Trooper Borlase* (New South Wales Bushmen), Distinguished Conduct Madal. Sir W. V. Harcourt has declined the honour of Viscount. The following hare to be added to the honours list : — Order of Merit: The Right Hon. TV. E, Leckx. member of Parliament far,

Dublin University ; Privy Councillor,- Sir E. .CasseU_(who recently gave £200,000 for •a ' consumptive hospital) ; . Commander of the Bath, Major-general Tulloch; Baronet, Sir George Lewis (the! famous solicitor) ; Knights — Mr Charle* Wyndham (actor), Mr F. C. Burnard (editor of Punch), and Mr Thomas Dewar (member of the House cf Commons for Tower Hamlets). A decoration to be known as the Imperial Service Cross, for members of the civil service, has been instituted . Sir E. Barton is overwhelmed with congratulatory telegrams on his Coronation honours. June 27. Sir W. V. Harcourt, in declining honours, expressed appreciation of the King's kindness, but said he did not desire to quit the House of Commons. The following are additional honours : — Barons-^Lieutenant-general Sir Francis Wallace Grenfell and Sir Francis Knollys. Companion of the Bath — Lieutenantgeneral John Fletcher Owen. SYDNEY, June 26. The following is 1 the list of Australian Coronation honours received :— 1 G.C.M.G.— E. Barton (Federal Premier). K.C.M.G.'s.— John See (New South Wales Premier), A. J. Peacock (ex-Pre* mier of Victoria), N. E. Lewis (Premier of Tasmania), and O. W. .Holder (Speaker of the Federal -House). K.B.s. — Justice Stone (Chief Justices of Western Australia), J. L. Sterling (President of the South Australian Legislative Council), Alfred Routledge (At-* torney-general for Queensland), Adye Douglas (President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council). C.M.G.'s. — Edmund Fosbery (Inspec* tor-general of New South Wales P.olice^, William M'Culloch (Minister of Defence in the last Victorian Ministry)'; 4 Deschou (Auditor-general of Queensland), Anthony Musgrove (Government? Secretary, New Guinea), and Captain Clare (South Australian warship Protector).

It is understood (says the. Press) that it is intended to remove the headquarters o! the Flourmillers' Association from Timaru to Christen urch. An Aljanton resident had a purse containing between £3 and £4 stolen from his house the other day. Instructed by the .Minister of Lands, the Government Printer has just issued a "-Settler's Handbook " indicating the lands available for settlement in the colony, the routes by which these may be reached^, the >land laws and various methods- of obtaining land, the best methods of raising crops and stock, etc. Special attention is devoted to forestry and the laws relating thereto, and" Hie statutec. rplating to the rabbit nuisance, game, water supply, land drainage, rating, county government, etc., are set out. In fact, the book contains (says the New Zealand Times) a m.-i.=s of matter interesting to those engaged in farming pursuits. 'Its editor is ilr R. A. Loughnan. _