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colony is sharing your grief, and mourning for him who was for so many years its able Premier—one who loved his adopted country, and its people so well. Allow me, dear madam, to add my own personal expression of sincerest sympathy. I remain, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. H. F. Allen, Secretary. Canterbury Industrial Association. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Christchurch, 11th June, 1906. Please accept the heartfelt sympathy of the members of the Canterbury Industrial Association. W. W. Charters, President. Inangahua Industrial Union of Workers. Dear Mrs. Seddon, — 106 Lambton Quay, Wellington, 25th June, 1906. I have been requested by the Inangahua Industrial Union of Workers to convey you an assurance of their deep sympathy with you and yours in the terrible loss you have suffered recently. It was my duty on behalf of the union to place a wreath among the thousands sent in honour of Mr. Seddon's memory and the secretary writes to say that, outside the family circle, none mourn his death more sincerely than the quartz-miners of Inangahua. They appreciate the many legislative enactments of which he was the author —notably the Sunday Labour in Mines Prevention Act—in their particular interest. It surely cannot be the least comforting recollection you have under the circumstances that Mr. Seddon's death is so sincerely mourned in the homes of the thousands for whom throughout his distinguished career he fought so splendidly. Believe me, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. P. J. O'Regan. New Zealand Ironmasters' Association (Christchurch Branch). Dear Madam, — 129 Cashel Street, Christchurch, 15th June, 1906. I am directed to convey to you the following resolution passed at a meeting of my association, held last night: " That the Christchurch Branch of the New Zealand Ironmasters' Association deeply regrets the death of the Right Hon. the Premier, and desires to convey to his widow and family its sincere condolences. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, 22 Molesworth Street, Wellington. Henry Broadhead, Secretary. Iron and Brass Moulders' Union (Dunedin Branch). Dear Madam, — Trades Hall, Dunedin, 30th June, 1906. I am directed to forward to you the following resolution, which was passed at a meeting of the Dunedin Branch of the Iron and Brass Moulders' Union of New Zealand : " That this union desire to express their deep sorrow at the death of our late Premier, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, who, in our opinion, was the greatest statesman the colony has ever known. This union also express their deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in their sad bereavement." I am, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Secretary. • Otago Labour Day Association. Dear Madam, — 10 Ferguson Street, Musselburgh, Dunedin, 9th July, 1906. I am directed by the Otago Labour Day Association to convey to you and family the following resolution, carried at our last meeting held on the 4th July, 1906 : " That this association place on record the great loss the colony has sustained by the death of the late Premier, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and its heartfelt sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in -their sad bereavement." Believe me, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. John B. Wilson, Secretary. Canterbury Maltsters and Brewery Employees' Union of Workers. Dear Madam, — Trades Hall, Christchurch, 9th July, 1906. I am instructed by my union to convey to you its deepest sympathy in your recent sad bereavement, and it also deplores the loss of a distinguished statesman, and that this union fully appreciates the many valuable services he rendered in the cause of the workers. , Trusting that the sympathy expressed will help to lessen your great grief. I remain, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Alex. Weir, Secretary.