MR. JOHN MILLER, the honorary secretary of the Thurso station, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours List, 1948. Mr. Miller became honorary secretary in March, 1914, and retired in May, 1948, after thirty-four years' service. In 1926 he was awarded the Institution's binoculprs, and this year he was elected an honorary life gover1 nor, the highest honour which the Institution can give to an honorary worker..