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Permanent Force. Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Alexandra Barracks, Wellington, 15th June, 1906. The officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Permanent Force throughout the colony tender their deepest sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and family in their great bereavement. It is.felt by all ranks that they have sustained the loss of a noble chief and a true friend. He will forever live in the memory of all as one who has taken the greatest interest in the welfare of the regiment. J. E. Hume, Major, R.N.Z.A., Officer Commanding Regiment. 3rd Wanganui Battalion, Public School Cadets. Dear Mrs. Seddon, — 22nd June, 1906. I forward this for your information, and can only say that the cadets have lost their best friend. Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. L. W. Loveday, Lieut.-Colonel. Sir,— Rata, 16th June, 1906. Will you kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon the respectful regrets and condolence of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and cadets of the 3rd Wanganui Battalion (Rangitikei) Public School Cadets, and their sympathy with her and her family on their irreparable loss they have sustained. I am, &c, Henry W. Saunders, Commanding 3rd Wanganui Batt. P.S.C., N.Z. Lieut.-Colonel Loveday, Commanding Public School Cadets, Wellington. Staff of the Porirua Mental Hospital. Dear Mrs. Seddon, — Wellington, 19th June, 1906. I send you a letter which has reached me to-day from the staff of the Porirua Mental Hospital, conveying their heartfelt sympathy. Truly the hearts of the people have gone out to you and your children in your great sorrow. The all-pervading feeling is that, not only have you lost a kind . and noble husband and your children the best of fathers, but that the people have lost their best friend, and that a great calamity has fallen on the colony. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. W. H. Field. Dear Sir, — Porirua Mental Hospital, 18th June, 1906. On behalf of the attendant staff of the Porirua Mental Hospital I write to ask you as member for this district if you will be kind enough to convey to Mrs. Seddon and her family their heartfelt sympathy in the sad bereavement which has so recently and so suddenly overtaken them. I should at the same time like to say that the staff fully indorse the high eulogiums which have been publicly passed upon our late Prime Minister, not only by New-Zealanders among whom Mr. Seddon has lived so long and laboured so strenuously and who consequently best knew him, but by people in far distant countries, who appreciated his sterling qualities as a statesman, patriot, and humanitarian. ■ Thanking you in anticipation, I am, &c, W. H. Field, Esq., M.H.R. Ernest Barnes, Head Attendant. Printing and Stationery Department. Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. At a meeting of the staff of the New Zealand Government Printing and Stationery Department held this 13th day of June, 1906, it was unanimously resolved, " That we, the staff of the Government Printing and Stationery Department, do hereby tender to Mrs. Seddon and her family our most sincere sympathy with them in their great bereavement." Signed on behalf of the staff, John Mackay, Government Printer. Telegraph and Telephone Staff, Dunedin. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Dunedin, 15th June, 1906. The Dunedin telegraph and telephone staff tender their deepest sympathy in'your sudden and irreparable bereavement. Your husband has left us a noble example of devotion to duty, race, and country. His memory will long be cherished in our hearts, and we shall all feel poorer by his loss. J. G. Balard, Officer-in-Charge.