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IN a recent number of NATURE (vol. viii. p. 292) we intimated that honours had been conferred upon a large number of British men of science by the Emperor of Brazil and the King of Sweden. Some of the gentlemen to whom these Foreign Orders have been offered have, however, thought it right to refuse acceptance of them, mainly from loyalty to Her Majesty's stringent regulations respecting Foreign Orders, as issued by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. A correspondent, who has himself refused to accept the Foreign Orders alluded to in our note, has favoured us with a copy of these regulations, and as many people are ignorant of their nature, or are even unaware that any such regulations exist, we shall be doing a service by giving them publicity in our columns. These “Regulations respecting Foreign Orders” are dated Foreign Office, May 10, 1855, and are as follows:—
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Foreign Orders of Merit . Nature 8, 481–482 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008481a0
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