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Session 11. 1906. NEW ZEALAND

DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. li J. SEDDON (LETTERS AND TELEGEAMS OP CONDOLENCE ON THE).

HIS MAJESTY THE KING. The Secretary of State for the Colonies to His Excellency the Governor. (Telegram.) London, 12th June, 1906. 1 am commanded by His Majesty to convey to you the expression of the deep regret with which he has received the intelligence of the death of the Prime Minister of New Zealand. His Majesty is assured that the loyal and distinguished services which Mr. Seddon has rendered during his long tenure of office will secure for his name a permanent place among the statesmen who have most zealously aided in fostering the sentiment of kinship on which the unity of the Empire depends. Elgin.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Queen Alexandra to Mrs. Seddon. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. London, 12th June, 1906. Accept the deepest sympathy in your overwhelming sorrow, which the whole of England shares. Queen Alexandra. H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to His Excellency the Governor, New Zealand. (Telegram.) 13th June, 1906. Heartily join with New Zealand in deeply lamenting loss sustained by death of Mr. Seddon, who has done so much for the country and the Empire. George P. T.R.H. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. The Prince and Princess of Wales to Mrs. Seddon. (Telegram.) . Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. London, 12th June, 1906. The Princess of Wales and I are deeply grieved at your irreparable loss. We shall never forget your dear husband's kindness to us in New Zealand. George P. THE KING OF TONGA. His Majesty the King of Tonga to the Governor, New Zealand. (Telegram.) The Palace, Nukualofa, Tonga, 14th July, 1906. His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, Wellington. His Majesty the King of Tonga wishes to convey to the New Zealand Government his profound regret through their very great loss owing to the sudden death of the late Premier, a great loss not only to the colony whose affairs he so ably conducted for so many y.ars, but his death is deeply felt by the whole of the British Empire. George Tubou 11. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. The Secretary of State for the Colonies to His Excellency the Governor, New Zealand. (Telegram.) London, 12th June, 1906. His Majesty's Government have received with greatest regret news of death of Prime Minister of New Zealand. Please convey to Mrs. Seddon expressions of my deepest sympathy and to people of New Zealand our sense of the loss which they and we all have sustained by the removal of a statesman so distinguished in the history of the colony and the Empire. Elgin.

H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to His Excellency the Governor, New Zealand. (Telegram.) 13th June, 1906. Heartily join with New Zealand in deeply lamenting loss sustained by death of Mr. Seddon, who has done so much for the country and the Empire. George P.

T.R.H. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. The Prince and Princess of Wales to Mrs. Seddon. (Telegram.) . Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. London, 12th June, 1906. The Princess of Wales and I are deeply grieved at your irreparable loss. We shall never forget your dear husband's kindness to us in New Zealand. George P.

THE KING OF TONGA. His Majesty the Kino of Tonga to the Governor, New Zealand. (Telegram.) The Palace, Nukualofa, Tonga, 14th July, 1906. His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, Wellington. His Majesty the King of Tonga wishes to convey to the New Zealand Government his profound regret through their very great loss owing to the sudden death of the late Premier, a great loss not only to the colony whose affairs he so ably conducted for so many but his death is deeply felt by'the whole of the British Empire. George Tubou 11.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. The Secretary of State for the Colonies to His Excellency the Governor, New Zealand. (Telegram.) London, 12th June, 1906. His Majesty's Government have received with greatest regret news of death of Prime Minister of New Zealand. Please convey to Mrs. Seddon expressions of my deepest sympathy and to people of New Zealand our sense of the loss which they and we all have sustained by the removal of a statesman so distinguished in the history of the colony and the Empire. Elgin.

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