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Men of Turangarere Line. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Turangarere, 14th June, 1906. Men of this line express deepest sympathy in sad bereavement of the colony. No particulars obtainable here. McAulay. Staff of Receiving-home at Christchurch. Dear Sir, — 39 Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch, 18th June, 1906. I desire, on behalf of the Receiving-home staff and myself, to express very great regret at the death of Mr. Seddon, Minister of Education. I am, &c, The Secretary for Education, Wellington. A. B. Cox. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Hon. T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands, Wellington. 13th June, 1906. On behalf of the whole of the officers of the Lands and Survey Department, I would ask you to convey to Mrs. Seddon and the family, through the Hon. the Acting-Premier, our heartfelt sorrow at the sad bereavement which has overtaken them so suddenly. We cannot find words to adequately express our sense of the irreparable loss which New Zealand, the Civil Service of the colony, and our Department has experienced in this unexpected manner, but it must always be a matter for pride amongst the staff of the Department to have had the honour of serving under such a Prime Minister as the distinguished statesman who has just been taken from us in such a tragic fashion. W. Kensington" Under-Secretary. Nelson Land Board. (Telegram.) Under-Secretary Lands, Wellington. Nelson, 15th June, 1906. At meeting of Land Board it was resolved that the heartfelt sympathy of the Board be conveyed to Mrs. Seddon and family, through the Hon. Minister of Lands, in their sad bereavement caused by the lamented death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and the irreparable loss that the whole of New Ze; land has sustained by his death. Would you please communicate this to Mrs. Seddon. W. G. Murray, Commissioner. Marlborough Land Board. (Telegram.) Under-Secretary for Lands, Wellington. Blenheim, 12th June, 1906. The Marlborough Land Board begs that you will be so good as to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family its heartfelt sympathy with them in their great bereavement through the death of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, whose loss all New Zealand mourns to-day. Henry Trent, Commissioner. Members of Picton-Seddon Working Railway. (Telegram.) The Hon. C. H. Mills, Wellington. Picton, 18th June, 1906. The members of the Picton-Seddon working railways desire me to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family, through you, their deepest sympathy for the loss Mrs. Seddon and family have experienced by the death of a dear husband and father, and out of the great respect for the great Prime Minister, the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, the above employees have sent a wreath by one of their comrades, who will attend the funeral and place the wreath over the remains of the late great statesman. Thomas Edwards, Stationmaster-in-Charge.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. (TO MRS. SEDDON.) Wellington Education Board. Mrs. Seddon, Molesworth Street, Wellington. Wellington, 28th June, 1906. We, members of the Wellington Education Board, sincerely regret the great loss the colony and the cause of education suffer by the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier and Minister of Educa-