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Mr. R. N. Jones, Hon. Secretary, Cook County Liberal Association, to Mrs. Ballance. (Telegram.) Gisborne, 28th April, 1893. The Cook County Liberal Association, in special meeting, desires to tender to you respectful sympathy in your bereavement, and to record its sorrow for the untimely death of the Premier, who was so universally esteemed and trusted by the people of the colony.

Mr. W. E. Tremain, M.W., Knights of Labour, Palmerston North, to Mrs. Ballance. (Telegram.) 28th April, 1893. Confidence Assembly, Knights of Labour, wish to express sympathy with you in your bereavement.

Mr. J. Smith, Secretary, Lyttelton Wharf Labourers, to Mrs. Ballance. (Telegram.) 28th April, 1893. Lyttelton Wharf Labourers sympathize with you in your sad bereavement!

Mr. T. M. Mueeay, M.W., Knights of Labour, Napier, to Mrs. Ballance. (Telegram.) 28th April, 1893. Knights Labour deplore loss of champion and friend. Express heartfelt sympathy.

Railway Seevants, Wanganui, to Mrs. Ballance. (Telegram.) 27th April, 1893. Accept heartfelt sympathy.

Mr. E. J. Spuedle, R.S., Knights of Labour, Gisborne, to the Hon. R. J. Seddon. (Telegram.) 29th April, 1893. The Knights of Labour desire to record that they deeply lament the death of the Premier, one of the truest friends of labour, and they trust Ministers will be enabled to work on the same wise lines in the future as they have worked in the past under the Premiership of Mr. Ballance.

Mr. H. B. Kirk, President, Canterbury Industrial Association, to Mrs. Ballance. (Telegram.) Christchurch, Ist May, 1893. Association express deep sympathy in your sad bereavement. You have lost a true husband, the oolony a faithful friend. Mr. W. J. Steward to Mrs. Ballance. Dear Mes. Ballance,- — Ashburton, Bth May, 1893. In pursuance of a resolution in that behalf, passed by the Waimate Branch of the Shearers' and Labourers' Union, I have to tender to you the assurance of their respectful sympathy with you in your bereavement, and of their regret at the loss the colony has sustained in the death of your lamented husband. I have, &c, Mrs. Ballance. W. J. Stewaed.

The Secretary, Trades and Labour Council of Otago, to Mrs. Ballance. Dear Madam,— Dunedin, sth May, 1893. I have the honour, by direction of the Workers' Political Committee, to forward you the following resolution, passed at our last meeting : "This committee desires to express its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Ballance in her sad bereavement, and also to place on record its deep sense of the valuable services the deceased has rendered to the colony at large, and especially to the workingclasses." I may say that this committee is composed of delegates from organizations numbering about two thousand of all classes of workers. Yours, &c, Mrs. Ballance. R. Slates, Secretary.

The Hon. Seceetaey, Kingsley Club, to Mrs. Ballance. Kingsley Club, Trades Section, 23 Inglis Building, Christchurch, My Deae Madam— 4th May, 1893. At the last meeting of the .executive of the above section, held on the 3rd instant, I was instructed to convey to you the deep and sincere sympathy felt by the entire club for you in your late sad bereavement. We condole with you in the loss you and the country has sustained by the death of your late lamented husband. Hoping you will accept this in the spirit in which it is written, ' I remain, &c, Mrs. Ballance. J. Walkee, Hon. Secretary.

The Seceetaey, Wellington Operative Tailors' Society, to Mrs. Ballance. Deae Madam,— Trades Hall, Wellington, Bth May, 1893. The members of the Wellington Operative Tailors' Society, in approaching you on the painful subject of the death of your husband, find it difficult to express words sufficient for the deep sympathy which is felt by them for you in your bereavement. With others, they recognise in the death of your husband a national loss, and share in the universal sorrow. They beg, therefore, to convey to you their deepest sympathy, and hope that you will be spared to see the harvest reaped of the good seed sown by the just man who has now passed away. On behalf of the Wellington Operative Tailors' Society, I remain, &c, Mrs. Ballance. C. Melton, Secretary.