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Carterton Borough Council. Madam, — Borough Council Chambers, Carterton, 27th June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of this Council, to convey to you the underwritten resolution which was passed by my Council at the ordinary meeting held last night. I have, &c, J. Moncrieff, Jun., Town Clerk. Mrs. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. " That this Council places on record its recognition of the loss the colony has sustained in the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, the late Premier of the colony, and extends its heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and family in their sad bereavement." Dannevirke Borough Council. Dear Madam, — Dannevirke, 16th June, 1906. I have the honour to inform you that the above Council, at its ordinary meeting, held on Tuesday, the 12th June, 1906, was pleased to pass a motion of adjournment to show the respect and esteem in which your late beloved husband was held. A special resolution was proposed embodying remarks appreciative of your late husband's sterling character as a public and private man. It was decided to place on permanent record the sense of deep personal loss by the death of Mr. Seddon, our profound sorrow for and sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and members of her family in their inexpressibly sad bereavement, our desire to unite with all in mourning the great-hearted Premier whose aim was the uplifting of humanity, the promotion of education, and the cementing of the British Empire. I desire to ask yourself and members of your family to accept the Council's sincere and hearty sympathy in the sad loss you have sustained. With sincere regret for the occasion which calls forth such a letter from my Council and with all respect. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. H. M. Ries, Mayor. Eltham Borough Council. Dear Madam, — Town Clerk's Office, Eltham, 27th June, 1906. I beg to forward you hereunder copy of a resolution passed at the last meeting of this Council: " That this Council desires to express its appreciation of the great services rendered to this colony by the late Prime Minister, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and its sense of the loss sustained by the colony in his death; and also to convey to Mrs. Seddon and her family the assurance of the sincere sympathy of the Councillors and the people of the Borough of Eltham in their great sorrow. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. W. J. Tristram, Town Clerk. Feilding Borough Council. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Feilding, 16th June, 1906. On your again landing in New Zealand allow me to express my regret at the great loss you and this colony have sustained in the loss of the late Premier, and to express my sympathy with you and your family in your bereavement. Trewin, Mayor. Feilding Borough Council. Madam, —• Town Clerk's Office, sth July, 1906. I have the honour hereby to convey to you the following resolution, passed by the Council of the Borough of Feilding, and which was carried unanimously: "That this Council desires to express its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family in their recent bereavement, and its regret at the great loss which has been sustained not only by this colony but by the whole British Empire in the decease of the late Premier." The apparent delay in forwarding the above resolution is owing to the Council not having a meeting at an earlier date. I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. John Rankin, Town Clerk. Foxton Borough Council. Dear Madam,— !Bth June, 1906. I have the honour to convey to you the following resolution, passed by the above Council last evening: " That a vote of condolence be forwarded to Mrs. Seddon and family in their sad bereavement, caused by the death of their late husband and father, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand." I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Alf. Fraser, Town Clerk. Gladstone Borough Council. Dear Madam, Gladstone, 22nd June, 1906. By direction of the Gladstone Borough Council, I beg to inform you that the following resolution was passed at a meeting of the Council held on the 21st instant: " That this Council do now adjourn till Tuesday evening, as a mark of respect to the memory of the late R. J. Seddon, and further desires to express its deep regret at his lamentable death, likewise the appreciation of his beneficial legislation during the term of his Premiership in the interest of the colony as a