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at the sudden and unexpected loss the colony and this home have sustained; and lam also desired to convey to yourself and family our sincere sympathy in your heavy trial. Trusting that our great heavenly Father may supply the comfort and consolation that He alone can bestow in this your time of sore bereavement, I remain, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. E. Macßae, Hon. Secretary. Denniston Rifles. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Denniston, 15th June, 1906. Denniston Rifles respectfully tender sincerest sympathy. We deeply mourn with you our great loss. Chas. Brown, Captain. Glenavy Rifle Club. Dear Mrs. Seddon, — Glenavy, 19th June, 1906. The Glenavy Rifle Club, at their meeting last night, Monday, 18th June, passed the following motion : " That a resolution of sympathy be recorded with Mrs. Seddon and family in the recent sad bereavement which has befallen them in the death of the Prime Minister of New Zealand." Carried, all rising in silence. - I am, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. James M. Peebles, Hon. Secretary. Workmen on Cook's River Road. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon and Family, Wellington. Waiho Gorge, 11th June, 1906. On behalf of myself and the men working with me —namely, Robert Bennington, James Nicol, John Snow, Thomas Watson, George Gerke—please accept our heartfelt sympathy in your recent sad bereavement by the death of your husband, New Zealand's Premier. May the knowledge that we and thousands of New-Zealanders equally mourn with you the loss of a friend and a great statesman help you to bear your sad affliction. Patrick Purcell, Road Overseer. Dannevirke High School Board of Governors. Dear Madam, — High School, Dannevirke, 27th August, 1906. At a meeting of the Dannevirke High School Board of Governors, held on the 29th June last, the following resolution was unanimously passed, all standing : " It was unanimously agreed to place on record our sense of the loss that the question of education throughout the colony has sustained through the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, late Premier of the colony, and to express our sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family in their bereavement." I regret very much having delayed so long in sending you a copy of this resolution. I beg to say that we had learned in many ways to appreciate the worth of the late Premier, and very specially during the time he was Minister of Education. We pray that the God of all Grace will sustain, comfort, and bless you and yours in your bereavement and sorrow. In deepest sympathy, and with much respect and esteem, I am, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. A. Grant, Hon. Secretary. (Telegram.) Mayor of Kumara. Captain Seddon, Wellington. Greymouth, 12th June, 1906. Deepest sympathy from Kumara people in your great sorrow. Murdcoh, Mayor. (Telegram.) Westport Artillery. Captain Seddon, Wellington. Westport, 13th June, 1906. Westport Artillery tender deepest sympathy. Thomas Carr, Captain. (Telegram.) .Westport Borough Council. Captain Seddon, Wellington. Westport, 11th June, 1906. Accept sincere sympathy from this Council and the townspeople in your present severe bereavement in the loss of a good father and a great man. Please convey our great sorrow to the other members of your family. Geo. H. Gothard, Mayor,