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Jubilee Institute for the Blind. Dear Madam, — Auckland, 16th June, 1906. I have the honour to inform you that at a meeting of the trustees of the Institute, held this week, the following resolution was passed: "That the trustees of the Jubliee Institute for the Blind, in their own names and on behalf of the inmates, place on record their most heartfelt regret at the sudden death of the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, the Premier of the colony, and sincerely condole with Mrs. Seddon and her family in their terrible bereavement." We all feel very deeply the loss of one who has done so much for the colony and the Institute. May your great affliction be to some extent lightened by the knowledge that your dear one is so universally regretted and mourned. With deepest regret and sympathy. I am, &c, Mrs. R. J". Seddon, Wellington. R. Leslie Hunt. Kumara Hospital Trustees. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon and family, Wellington. Kumara, 20th June, 1906. The following resolution was passed by the trustees of the Kumara Hospital last evening: "We, the trustees of the Kumara Hospital, deplore the loss the Colony of New Zealand has sustained by the death of its greatest statesman, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, P.C., LL.D., and beg to tender our most sincere sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in their sad affliction. W. B. Gilbert, Secretary. Mercury Bay Hospital Trustees. (Telegram.) Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Whitianga, 11th June, 1906. The Mercury Bay Hospital trustees desire to express their sincerest sympathy towards yourself and family in your great trouble. F. W. Meikle, Chairman. Naseby Hospital Trustees. Dear Madam, — The Hospital, Naseby, 18th June, 1906. I beg to bring under your notice the fact that the Naseby Hospital trustees at their last meeting passed the following resolution in reference to the death of our late Premier: " That the trustees of the Naseby District Hospital desire to place on record their sense of the great loss the Empire has sustained, and New Zealand in particular, through the death of the Hon. Mr. Seddon, and offer their deepest sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and family in the great bereavement that has befallen them." I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. John W. Reedy. North Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. (Telegram.) Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Whangarei, 14th June, 1906. Resolved, "That this Board tender its most heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and family in the irreparable loss which they have sustained through the demise of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon." Robert Nair, Secretary. North Canterbury Hospital Board. Madam, — Christchurch, 7th July, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the above Board, to convey to you the following resolution that was passed thereby at the last meeting thereof: " That this Board places on record its deep sense of the great loss sustained by the colony at the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier, and expresses its appreciation of the interest he always took in matters connected with the amelioration of the sick." I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. W. M. Miller, Secretary. Reefton Hospital Trustees. Dear Madam, — Reefton, 30th June, 1906. At the monthly meeting of the trustees of the Reefton Hospital, held on Thursday, 28th instant, the following resolution was carried: "The trustees of the Reefton Hospital, fully recognising the irreparable loss sustained by the hospitals of New Zealand in the death of the late Premier, the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, P.C., whose interest in all matters appertaining to hospital work was so great, hereby offers their sincere sympathy to the widow and family of the deceased statesman in their sad bereavement." 1 am, (fee, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Henry Cooper, Secretary.