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Corporation of Laura, Queensland. Madam — 13th June, 1906. I am directed by the Council of the Corporation of Laura, in meeting assembled, to convey to you and your family their sincere sympathy in the death of your husband, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon. The sad news came as a great surprise and shock to all in this town, and general regret is expressed that so useful a life should have been so suddenly ended, and the influence and ability of so useful a man lost not only to New Zealand but the whole of the Empire of which he was so proud to belong. Again expressing our sincere sympathy with you and your family, and trusting that you may be Divinely supported in your sad bereavement. I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington, New Zealand. W. H. Campbell, Town Clerk. Mayor and Citizens of Albany, West Australia. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Albany, 11th June, 1906. Accept deepest sympathy from citizens of Albany in your very sad bereavement and the Empire's loss. Samuel George Butcher, Mayor. Mayor and Citizens of Leonora, West Australia. (Telegram.) Mrs. R. Seddon, Sydney. Leonora, 12th June, 1906. Citizens of Leonora extend their heartfelt condolences to you in your sudden bereavement, and trust that time and the grace of God will heal the wound caused by your and the people's sad loss. SNELL,|Mayor.

AUSTRALIAN MAYORS AND MUNICIPALITIES. (TO THE GOVERNMENT.) Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Sydney. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Sydney, 11th June, 1906. On behalf Aldermen and citizens Sydney and myself, desire tender deepest condolences and sympathy with your colony in its sudden loss by the death of its beloved and world-respected Premier, whose recent visit amongst us served to deepen our admiration for his great and talents. Lord|Mayor. Municipal Council of Sydney. Dear Sir,— Sydney, 14th June, 1906. I beg to inform you that at a meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council on the 13th inst., a resolution expressive of the Council's sense of profound sorrow at the lamentably sudden death of the Right Hon. Richard J. Seddon, P.G, LL.D., and of its high appreciation of the splendid services he rendered to New Zealand, and the practical interest he always evinced in the affairs of Australia and the whole British Empire, was unanimously carried; and I was directed to convey to the people of New Zealand, through you, the condolence of the Council and the citizens of Sydney in the great loss they have sustained by Mr. Seddon's death. Yours, <&c, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones. Allen Taylor, Lord Mayor of Sydney. In witness whereof the common seal of the Council was hereto affixed by me.—T. H. Nesbitt, Town Clerk. Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Bourke, New South Wales. Sir,— Bourke, 14th June, 1906. I have the honour, on behalf of the Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of Bourke and. myself, to tender deepest condolence and sympathy with your colony in its sudden loss by death of its beloved and well-respected Premier, whose sad demise has cast a great gloom over the whole of this State. ■ I have, &c, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. J. S. Donohoe, Mayor. Borough of East Maitland, New South Wales. (Telegram.) Hon. W Hall-Jones. 12th June, 1906. Please convey sympathy of this borough to people New Zealand on loss they and Empire sustain death of Mr. Seddon. Waller, Mayor.