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Wellington District Law Society. Dear Madam, — Wellington, 12th June, 1906. I have the honour, by request of the council of the Wellington District Law Society, to convey to you the following resolution adopted at a special meeting convened on receipt of the news of the death of the late Right Hon. the Premier, namely : " The members of the council of the Wellington District Law Society, for themselves and on behalf of the legal profession generally within the Wellington District, desire to express their sincere sympathy and condolence with Mrs. Seddon and the members of the family of the late Right Hon. the Premier in the great loss which they have sustained by his death." I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. M. Myers, President. Wellington Wesleyan Literary and Debating Society. Dear Madam,— Arlington Street, Wellington, 18th June, 1906. I have the honour to respectfully bring under your notice the following resolution, which was brought forward at the weekly meeting of the Wesleyan Literary and Debating Society connected with Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, and moved by the Chairman (Mr. E. L. Burgess) and the President (the Rev. P. W. Fairclough), and carried by the audience standing in silence : " That this society places on record its entire sympathy with the widow and family of the late Right Hon. the Premier in their keen loss, and which is also the loss of the whole of the colony." I am, &c., Mrs. Seddon. Lancelot F. Jones. Hastings Methodist Young Men's Institute, Literary and Debating Society. Dear Madam, — Hastings, 13th June, 1906. At a meeting of the Hastings Methodist Young Men's Institute, Literary and Debating Society the following resolution was carried by a standing vote: " That this meeting desires to place a record on its minutes of the deep sense of appreciation they feel for the work and life of the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, and also expresses its sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and members of the family in their great loss. This resolution to be placed on their minute-book." Yours, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. Chas. Taylor, Hon. Secretary. Auckland Society of Musicians. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. June, 1906. Mr. W. H. Webbe, President, on behalf of the members of the Auckland Society of Musicians, desires to express profoundest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in their sad bereavement. Christchurch Odontological Society. Madam, — Christchurch, 13th June, 1906. We have to inform you that the following resolution was carried at the meeting of the Christchurch Odontological Society last evening : " That this society desires to record its deep and sincere regret at the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and to express its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family." We are, &c, J. S. Atkinson, President. Alexander Paterson, Vice-President. Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. W. Smale, Hon. Secretary. New Zealand Society for the Protection of Women and Children. Dear Madam,— Bridge's Buildings, 102 Willis Street, Wellington, 23rd June, 1906. The ladies forming the committee of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children desire me to express to you their deep sympathy with you in the great loss you have sustained by the death of your husband, the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon. The committee feels that the late Premier always had the work of protecting and sustaining the weak greatly at heart, and regrets that such a cause should have lost so powerful and kindly an assistance. . I remain, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. Louisa Waters, Secretary,