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Lord Lamington. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Ganishkind, 15th June, 1906. Sincere condolences. Lamington. Lord Meath. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Godalming, 13th June, 1906. Deepest sympathy Imperial loss. Received his kind letter Monday. Meath. Lady Ranfurly. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Dungannon, Ireland, 12th June, 1906. Most deeply grieved. Heartfelt sympathy. Lady Ranfurly. 1 * - ■ k -1 . Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. . London, 12th June, 1906. Lady Strathcona and I deeply regret your bereavement, and you and the members of your family have our heartfelt sympathy in your great sorrow. Strathcona. Borough Council of St. Helen's, Lancashire. Dear Mrs. Seddon,— Town Hall, St. Helen's, sth July, 1906. I beg to enclose a copy of a resolution passed at the meeting of the Council of this borough, held on the 4th instant, condoling with yourself and your family on the death of yoi r late husband. May I take this opportunity of adding my personal sympathy with you in your sad loss. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington, New Zealand. Henry Martin, Mayor. (Extract from the Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on the 4th day of July, 1906.) Resolved, " That the Council desire to record the sincere regret with which they heard of the death of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, a member of His Majesty's Privy Council, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and an honorary freeman of this borough, and to express their Jeep sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family." W. H. Andrew, Town Clerk. Navy League, London. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. London, 13th June, 1906. Navy League deeply sympathize. Deplore great Imperial loss in its New Zealand President. Tariff Reform League, Liverpool. Madam, — Liverpool, 11th June, 1906. At a meeting of the Executive of the above league, held to-day, the following resolution was unanimously passed : " That the deep and sincere sympathy of the league be conveyed to Mrs. R. J. Seddon and family in their great bereavement; and that expression be given to the sense of the great loss which the whole Empire has sustained through the death of the distinguished Premier of New Zealand." It is felt that the loss of your husband is a sad blow to the principles of colonial preference, which he had done so much to promote, but our league trust that those principles will be carried on and brought eventually to a successful issue. Yours, &c, T. H. Welsford, Chairman. Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. D. C Pugh, Hon. Secretary. United Empire Trade League. Dear Mrs. Seddon, — London, 12th June, 1906. Amid the innumerable tributes of sympathy in the irreparable loss to the British Empire of that illustrious statesman, the Right Hon. Richard Seddon, none can be more sincere than that of the council of the United Empire Trade League, whose Imperial aims he did so much to further. His name will ever live in British history, and his life be an incentive to Britons through the centuries. May you live long in the memory of the companionship of such a prince among men, and may his descendants through many generations emulate his example. Yours, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington, C, Howard Vincent, Hon. Secretary,