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The resolution was seconded by Past Chief Macpherson, supported by Councillor Robertson, and passed by the members standing with bowed heads and folded arms, whilst Pipe-major D. M. MacKenzie played two laments —" The Land of the Leal " and " Lochaber no More." In the name of our members I offer you and your family our heartfelt sympathy, and trust you will be comforted in your great sorrow by the remembrance that he who has gone trod the path of honour and uprightness, and accomplished great things for the well-being and happiness of his beloved New Zealand. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. James Mackintosh, Chief. St Andrew's Society of Auckland. Dear Madam, — Auckland, 12th June, 1906. On behalf of the council and members of St. Andrew's Society of Auckland, I beg to tender our sincerest sympathy in the irreparable loss which has just befallen yourself and family, and every man, woman, and child in New Zealand. Kindly accept for yourself and family this society's deepest sympathy. We all feel that we have lost from our midst a truly great chief in the person of your late husband. Yours, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. John M. K. Geddes, President. St. Vincent de Paul's Society, Dunedin. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Dunedin, 17th June, 1906. Accept deepest sympathy from members of St. Vincent de Paul's Society, Dunedin. M. Jackson, President. Yorkshire Society of New Zealand. Dear Madam, — Wellington, 13th June, 1906. The members of the Yorkshire Society of New Zealand desire to convey to you and family their deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement. Yours, &c, Mrs Seddon, Wellington. . H. Hanson, Hon. Secretary. United Irish League. Dear Mrs. Seddon, — St. Patrick's Hall, Boulcott Street, Wellington, 14th June, 1906. At a meeting of the United Irish League, held this evening, we yvere directed to convey to you the following resolution : " That this league desires to express its condolence with you in your sad bereavement, and that it places on record the great loss the colony and the Empire have sustained in the sudden demise of the Right Hon. Mr. Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand." M. Kennedy, President. Mrs. Seddon. E. J. Healey, Secretary. Navy League (Christchurch Branch). Dear Madam, — Christchurch, 19th June, 1906. I am directed by the combined branches of the Canterbury Sub-branch of the Navy League to convey to you their sincerest sympathy in your recent bereavement. We feel that the late Premier's place as President of the New Zealand Branch of the Navy League will be hard to fill. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. H. Adley, Secretary. Bay of Plenty Railway League. Dear Madam,— Opotiki, 27th July, 1906. At the first meeting of the Bay of Plenty Railway League held since the death of Mr. Seddon, a resolution was unanimously passed expressing the sympathy of the league with yourself and family in your sad bereavement, and the league's sense of the irreparable loss the colony has sustained in the death of the late Prime Minister, who was ever foremost in promoting the interests and advancement of the colony, who spent the best years of his life in the service of New Zealand, and whose lamentable death was doubtless hastened by his devotion to duty and to his country. I am directed by the league to convey to you this resolution as a heartfelt expression of the feelings of its members. I am, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. F. W. L. Kirk, Hon. Secretary. ' Catlin's River Railway League. Madam, — Dunedin, 6th July, 1906. I have the honour to inform you that' at a meeting of the executive of the Catlin's River Railway League, held here yesterday, the following resolution was unanimously passed : " That the executive members of "the Catlin's River Railway League, on this the first occasion of meeting since the death of the late Premier, desire to place on record their sense of the great loss the colony has sustained thereby,