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Maryborough Waterworks Trust, Victoria. Madam,— Maryborough, 20th June, 1906. At the last meeting of the above Trust, a resolution expressing deep regret at the great loss we haye all sustained by the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon was carried unarimously, and I was directed to inform you accordingly. This Trust, in common yvith all similar bodies, sympathizes with you in your great trouble. Yours, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington, Neyv Zealand. H. PmLLiPS,|Secretary. Melbourne Hospital. Dear Madam,— 16th June, 1906. The committee of management of the Melbourne Hospital have heard with the greatest regret of the death of the Right Hon. Richard Seddon, and they have instructed me to convey to you the expressions of their deepest sympathy with you in your sad bereavement. The committee recognise the invaluable services the late Mr. Seddon rendered not only to New Zealand but to the Empire in general, and they regret that so distinguished and honourable a career has been terminated in death. I am, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington, New Zealand. T. R. Andrews, Secretary. Melbourne Stock Exchange. (Telegram.) [JMra. Seddon, Sydney. Melbourne, 11th June, 1906. Members of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne desire to express their heartfelt sympathy. Chairman. Stock Exchange, Ballarat, Victoria. (Telegram.) Mrs. Richard Seddon, Sydney. Ballarat, 12th June, 1906. The members of the Ballarat Stock Exchange beg to tender you their sincere sympathy in your sad bereavement. J. D. Woolcott, President. Salvation Army in Australia. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Sydney. Melbourne, 11th June, 1906. Please accept assurance of profoundest sympathy personally and on behalf of the Salvation Army throughout Australasia. Lament your deplorably sudden bereav r ement and our loss of such a longtried and sympathetic friend towards efforts for uplifting poor and outcast. We earnestly and unitedly pray that yourself and family may be Di\inely sustained in this hour of your deepest grief and sorrow. Commissioner McKie, Salvation Army. Presbyterian Church of Victoria. Dear Madam, — Presbytery of Ballarat, 14th June, 1906. I hereby beg to convey to you and the members of your family the following, moved by the Right Rev. T. R. Cairns, D.D., and passed by the Presbytery of Ballarat: " The Presbytery of Ballarat, having had its attention called to the sad and sudden death of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, Premier of Neyv Zealand, desires to express its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family in their very great bereavement. It also commends them to God and the word of His grace, which is able to build them up and give them an inheritance among all them that are sanctified." I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon. Charles Cameron, Clerk of Presbytery. Society of St. George (Ballarat Branch). Madam, — 3 Nightingale Street, June, 1906. The executive council and 180 members of the Royal Society of St. George (Ballarat Branch) desire me to convey to you and your family their deepest sympathy with you in your recent sudden bereavement. Believe me, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. Clinton Whitehead, Secretary. Prahran Total Abstinence Society, Victoria. Dear Madam,— ' 109 Henry Street, Windsor, 23rd June, 1906. At a general meeting of the above society a resolution was passed while the members remained standing, as follows : " That the members of this society deeply sympathize with you and yours in your very sad great loss the nation at large has sustained in the demise of so great a statesman as your late husband,"