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Ellesmere Land Drainage Board. Madam, — Ataahua, Christchurch, N.Z., June, 190.. I have the honour, by direction of the Ellesmere Land Drainage Board, to communicate to you a resolution passed at the Board's meeting on the sth instant. Proposed by Mr. R. Heaton Rhodes, M.H.R., the Chairman, " That this Board place on record its deep regret at the great loss the country has sustained in the untimely death of the late Premier, and to express its heartfelt sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and the members of her family in their great affliction." I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. T. Quealy, Secretary.

TOWN, ROAD, DOMAIN, RIVER, AND DRAINAGE BOARDS, ETC. (TO THE GOVERNMENT.) Amberley Town Board. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Wellington, Amberley, 13th June, 1906. Amberley Town Board, at meeting, expressed sense of loss colony sustained through death of late Premier, and request you to suitably convey sincere sympathy of members to Mrs. Seddon and family on their sad and sudden bereavement. A. E. Rogers, Chairman. Bull's Town Board. Sir,— Bull's, 19th June, 1906. On behalf of myself and members of the Bull's Town Board, I beg to convey to you and to Mrs. Seddon and family the sincere regret which we all feel at the untimely decease of our beloved and honoured late Premier. We also desire to extend our sincere sympathy to his widow and the members of his family in their sad bereavement, and earnestly hope that the feelings of regret and sorrow expressed by us, as well as by the whole of the people of this colony, will be a solace to them, and will tend to alleviate the bitterness of their great and irreparable loss. I have, (fee, The Hon. the Acting-Premier, Wellington. John E. Walker, Chairman. Town Board and Citizens of Clinton. (Telegram.) William Hall-Jones, Wellington. Clinton, 18th June, 1906. On behalf of the citizens of Clinton, I wish to express the profound sorrow occasioned by the Premier's sudden death; on their behalf desire you to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family an expression of their sincere sympathy. W. Nelson, Chairman. Clyde Town Board. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Wairoa, 12th June, 1906. Instructed by members of Clyde Town Board, on behalf of their fellow-townsmen, to express their great regret at the loss of your distinguished colleague, Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier. Will you kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon and family the deepest sympathy of the Board on account of their irreparable loss. J. Sargisson, Clerk. Town Board and Residents of Helensville. (Telegram.) The Hon. Hall-Jones, .<_cting-Premier, Wellington. Helensville, 12th June, 1906. The Town Board and residents of Helensville wish to convey through you their sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family, also with your Government, on the loss sustained by the death of the late Premier. N. M. Cameron, Chairman. Hunterville Town Board. Honoured Sir, — Hunterville, 19th June, 1906. I have the honour to forward you copy of resolution passed by the Hunterville Town Board, before commencing business at their usual monthly meeting held last evening: "That the Hunterville Town Board record on the minutes their sincere regret at the unexpected death of the Right Hon. Richard Seddon, Prime .Minister of New Zealand. His great public services to our colony and to the Empire will live in the memory of the people." We also wish to convey to Mrs. Seddon and the members of the family our deep sympathy with them in the great loss they sustained. All who knew him admired, and those who knew him intimately loved him. Yours, Ac, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellirtfrton. Robt. H. Coltman, Acting-Chairman.