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Christchurch Catholic Club. Dear Madam, — 11 Wordsworth Street, Sydenham, 21st June, 1906. The Christchurch Catholic Club wish to offer to yourself and family their heartfelt sympathy with you in the loss of husband and father; and we earnestly hope that our Almighty Creator, Who, in His infinite wisdom, has been pleased to take our esteemed Premier from the land and labours he loved so well, will grant strength to you and yours to bear your burden of sorrow in submissive recollection of His loving knowledge of what is best. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. William F. Hallins, Hon. Secretary. Dunedin Cycling and Motoring Club. Dear Madam, — 9 Dowling Street, Dunedin, 14th June, 1906. I have been instructed by the Dunedin Cycling and Motoring Club to extend to you my club's deep regret at the loss you and your family and the Colony of New T Zealand have sustained through the death of your husband, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon. The late Mr. Seddon had always a warm heart for sport of all kind; and my club hope you and your family will accept their deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement. Yours, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. - Edward Falck, Hon. Secretary. Sydenham Football Club. Dear Madam,— Sydenham, 10th July, 1906. At the first general gathering of the members of the above club held since the lamented death of your late husband, opportunity was taken of passing the following resolution : " That this gathering of the members of the Sydenham Football Club desires to express its sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in the great loss they and the colony have sustained by the death of the late Hon. R. J. Seddon." Believe me, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. H. C. Harrison, Hon. Secretary. Greymouth Hockey Club. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Greymouth, 15th June, 1906. Members desire to convey sincerest sympathy to you in your bereavement, and regret at the Empire's loss. Thos. Campbell, Secretary. Avondale Jockey Club. (Telegram.) Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Auckland, 14th June, 1906. On behalf of the Avondale Jockey Club, I tender you sincere sympathy in your great affliction. Harry Hayr, Secretary. South Canterbury Officers' Club. Dear Madam, — Temuka, 4th July, 1906. At the monthly meeting of the South Canterbury Officers' Club I was instructed to forward the following motion, moved by Colonel Mackenzie and Major Beckingham : " That this club records on its minutes the deep sorrow of its members at the death of the late Premier, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, whose public career was a lasting memorial of distinguished services to the colony, and by whose death the country has lost a strenuous leader and the Empire a great statesman. I am, &c, Alf. A. Hintz, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Lieut.-Quartermaster, Hon. Secretary. Wellington Racing Club. Dear Mrs. Seddon, — Wellington, 19th June, 1906. The members of the Wellington Racing Club desire to express their deep sympathy with you and your family in your very sad bereavement, and to assure you that they, with the rest of the inhabitants of the colony, mourn with'you in the loss not only of a good husband and father, but of an illustrious statesman and of a man who devoted his life to the welfare of his fellow-colonists. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. J. B. Harcourt, President.