The length of an honours list in Britain was formerly a matter of considerable financial concern to many court officials who derived a substantial part of their emoluments from the fees obtained from the recipients of titles. Fees arc still payable, but they are not nowadays so heavy or numerous as a century ago, when it was not- uncommon for honours to be declined simply on account of the expense entailed. x
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22208, 10 March 1934, Page 6
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