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Householders of the Addington School District. Dear Madam, — June, 1906. I have been instructed to forward to you the following resolution which was carried amidst expressions of deepest sympathy and regret at a meeting of householders of the Addington School district held last evening : " That this meeting of householders desire to express their deep sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in their sad and sudden bereavement caused by the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Prime Minister of this colony and one of the ablest Ministers of Education the colony has had. By his decease the colony has sustained a national calamity, as undoubtedly he was one of the greatest statesmen of the present century." I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Walter Johnson, Secretary. Anderson's Bay School Committee. Dear Madam,— 13th June, 1906. With deep regret I beg to forward you the following resolution which was passed at a meeting of the above School Committee on Tuesday, the 12th instant: " That this Committee desires to express its extreme regret at the lamentable death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, late Minister of Education, and wishes to convey its deep sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and family in their great bereavement." I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. J. G. Hewitt, Clerk. Board of Governors, Canterbury College. Madam, — Christchurch, 13th June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the Chairman, to inform you that at a meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College held last Monday, the 11th instant, the following resolution was passed : " That this Board deplores the loss which the colony has sustained by the death of the late Premier and Minister of Education, the Hon. R. J. Seddon, and desires to place on record its sense of the high services rendered by him to the colony ; and that the sympathy of the members of the Board be conveyed to Mrs. Seddon and the members of her family in their great loss." I have, &c, Mrs. Louisa Jane Seddon, Wellington. A. Wilson, Registrar. Christchurch Technical Associated Classes. Dear Madam, — Canterbury Hall, Christchurch, 12th July, 1906. I am directed by the Board of Managers of the above to express to you and to your family their very deep sympathy in your great bereavement. Not the least of the enduring monuments of your husband's fame is the system of- technical education which he initiated and which has now suffered an irreparable loss. My Board trusts that a knowledge of the universal appreciation of his great work and of the equally universal sympathy which his death has called forth may bring to you some measure of consolation. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. John H. Howell, Director. Darfield District High School. Dear Madam, — 19th June, 1906. At a Committee meeting of the above school the enclosed resolution was carried, and I was instructed to offer you and your family our sincere sympathy in your sad bereavement. I am, &c, - Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. J. H. Moffat, Chairman. (Resolution.) " The Committee has heard with the deepest regret of the death of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and desires to place on record its high appreciation of him as a statesman, and of his great and varied services to the people of New Zealand and the Empire." Council of Otago University. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, care Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Dunedin, 13th June, 1906. At a meeting of University Council held this day the following resolution was passed : " That the Council of the Otago University are deeply grieved at the tragic event which has so suddenly deprived the nation of a great statesman and New Zealand of a sympathetic Minister of Education, and the Council earnestly sympathizes with the widow and family in their bereavement." James Allen, Vice-Chancellor. Dunedin High Street School Committee. Dear Madam, — High Street School, Dunedin, 17th June, 1906. It is my sad duty to convey to you the following resolution passed by this Committee —viz : " That we desire to express our profound regret at the great loss the colony has sustained through the