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Palmerston South Borough Council. Sir, — Palmerston, Otago, 13th June, 1906. I have the honour to inform you that the following resolution was passed at the meeting of the Palmerston Borough Council on Tuesday evening: " That this meeting do now adjourn as a tribute of respect to the memory of our late Premier, Richard John Seddon; also convey to Mrs. Seddon and family its deepest sympathy with them in their irreparable loss." Yours, (fee, W. B. Galloway, Town Clerk. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Parnell Borough Council. Sir,— Parnell, 20th June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the Parnell Borough Council, to forward you the following resolution passed at its meeting held on the 18th instant: Resolved, " That the Council of the Borough of Parnell place on record the expression of its deep sorrow for the sudden death of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, P.C., its sense of the greatness of the man and appreciation of the devoted work he performed as Premier of New Zealand, and that the Council offers its deepest sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and her family in her irreparable loss." I have, (fee, The Hon. W. Hall-J ones, Wellington. G. Gilmer, Town Clerk. - Mayor and Citizens of Patea. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Patea, 12th June, 1906. Please convey to Mrs. Seddon and family heartfelt sympathy of citizens of Patea in their great and sad bereavement. 'Tis truly a national loss. G. Williams, Mayor. Picton Borough Council. (Telegram.) The Hon. C. H. .Mills, Wellington. Picton, 15th June, 1906. I am instructed by the Mayor and Corporation of Picton to request you to convey their sincere and heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Seddon and family in their terrible bereavement. J. Blizzard, Town Clerk. Mayor and Citizens, Port Chalmers. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Port Chalmers, 12th June, 1906. The citizens of Port Chalmers deplore the great loss the colony has sustained by Mr. Seddon's death. Isaac Stevenson, Mayor. Rangiora Borough Council. Sir, — Rangiora, 21st June, 1906. We desire you to kindly convey the following to Mrs. Seddon: " The Rangiora Borough Council, while placing on record its appreciation of the great services rendered to the colony by the late Mr. Seddon, desires to assure Mrs. Seddon that the people of Rangiora, through the Council, have the deepest sympathy with her and her family in their great and sad bereavement." E. W. Relph, Mayor. E. R. Good \ C. J. Jennings J. W. Foster F. W. Carmichael I John Sansom f Councillors. C. W. Bell Samuel Ayers Wm. T. Wilson The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Thos. Keir / Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of Rangiora. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Rangiora, 11th June, 1906. The Mayor, Councillors, and burgesses of Rangiora desire express their sincere sympathy with Government in loss of our Premier. Consider his untimely death a great national disaster. E. W. Relph, Mayor. Richmond Borough Council. Sir,— Richmond, 13th June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the Richmond Borough Council, to forward to you the following resolution, which was unanimously carried at a meeting held on the 12th, and to request that you will be good enough to convey the same to Mrs. Seddon and family, with an assurance of the Council's heartfelt sympathy with them in their sad bereavement: " We, the Borough Council