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Boys' Training-farm, Levin. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Levin, 11th June, 1906. I convey to you and your family the deepest sympathy of myself, staff, and inmates at the loss of your great and noble-hearted husband, our kind friend and Minister, and New Zealand's great statesman. G. M. Burlinson, Manager. Engine-room Staff, s.s. " Hinemoa." (Telegram.) Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Bluff, 16th June, 1906. Please accept heartfelt sympathy from engine-room staff of s.s. " Hinemoa." Neilson, Chief. Government Insurance Department. Dear Mrs. Seddon, — Head Office, Wellington, 18th June, 1906. I beg to assure you of the sincere sympathy of the officers of this Department in the great bereavement that has overtaken you and yours in the death of Mr. Seddon. It will, however, be some consolation to you in this " inevitable hour," the hour that awaits us all, to know that you have the spontaneous testimony of so ma»y people of all shades of opinion of the high estimation in which he was held by the inhabitants of this colony. Personally I must say that, amongst his other distinguished qualities, I always admired that kindheartedness that he invariably displayed in the case of the officers of this Department. Ido not recollect any occasion on which I appealed to him in connection with the illness of an officer that he did not manifest the greatest kindness and consideration. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. J. Richardson, Commissioner. Labour Department. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Sydney. Wellington, 11th June, 1906. Accept behalf staff and self sincerest sympathy. Words cannot express how we all feel. Mackay, Labour Department. Southland Land Board. Madam, — District Office, Invercargill, 29th June, 1906. I have the honour to enclose herewith a copy of a resolution unanimously passed by the Land Board of the Southland Land District at its meeting held on the 28th instant, and, in doing so, I am requested by the members of the Board to express to you our sorrow individually and collectively at the very great loss we have sustained by the removal from amongst us of one who has been the greatest reformer, legislator, and leader of men in the British dominions, and who has given his life for his country. On behalf of the members of the Land Board I desire to convey to you and all the members of your family our heartfelt sympathy with you in your great bereavement. J. Hay, " Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Commissioner of Crown Lands. (Resolution.) " That this meeting stands adjourned for half an hour as a mark of respect to our late and honoured Premier, by whose sudden and untimely death this colony and the Empire has sustained an irredeemable loss, and that a copy of this resolution along with a letter of condolence be sent to Mrs. Seddon, expressing our deepest sympathy for her and family in their sad and mournful bereavement." Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute. Dear Madam, — Colonial Museum, Wellington, 18th June, 1906. Permit me, on behalf of the New Zealand Institute, to tender you the sympathy of the Board of Governors of the Institute in the overwhelming grief into which you and your family have been plunged with such awful suddenness. The sorrow which is so keen to you all is felt by the Institute to a lesser extent and the Institute desires to express its sympathy with you in your great grief, its appreciation of the distinguished services rendered to the colony in general and education in particular by your late husband, and also the great loss suffered by his untimely death, ...."■'. , ... .i Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Thos. H. Gill, Secretary.