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KAITANGATA SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Madam,— Kaitangata, 29th June, 1906. At a meeting of the Kaitangata School Committee held on Tuesday evening, the 26th June, the following motion was moved by the Chairman, Dr. Fitzgerald, and placed in the minutes. I have been instructed by the Committee to forward you a copy. Yours, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. Percy A. Brady, Secretary. (Resolution, Kaitangata School Committee.) Resolved, " That this meeting place on record the heavy loss to education that the colony has suffered in the death of its Premier and Minister of Education, the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and that the sympathy of the Committee go out to Mrs. Seddon and family in their terrible sorrow." Kopuru School Committee. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Aratapu, 12th June, 1906. Deep sympathy from Kopuru School Committee sad bereavement. Webb, Chairman. Kurow School Committee. Madam, — The Vicarage, Kurow, 3rd August, 1906. I am directed by the Kurow School Committee to forward to you the accompanying extract from its minute-book : " Moved by the Rev. G. Fyne-Clinton, seconded by Mr. George Orr, ' That the Kurow School Committee at this, its first meeting since the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, desires to place on record its sense of the heavy loss sustained by the colony by the decease of its late Premier and Minister of Education, and the Committee also desires to express its sincere sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family.' Carried." I am, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. G. Fyne-Clinton, Clerk. Lincoln District High School Committee. Dear Mrs. Seddon,— Lincoln, 3rd July, 1906. I am instructed by the Committee of the Lincoln District High School to convey to you their regret at the loss the colony has sustained through the death of your husband, and to express their sincere sympathy with yqu and your family in your trouble. I am, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. George Rennie, Hon. Secretary. School Committee and Residents of Linton. Dear Madam, — Linton, 16th June, 1906. The' School Committee and residents of Linton send to you, through me, their deepest sympathy and heartfelt sorrow at the great loss sustained by the death of your beloved husband—the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon. George Rix, Secretary. Maori Hill School Committee. Madam,— Maori Hill, 17th July, 1906. I have the honour, by direction, to forward you copy of resolution passed by the Maori Hill School Committee, as follows : " The Maori Hill School Committee, at this its first meeting, desires to express deep sorrow in the loss the colony and Empire have sustained by the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, who was a firm and capable administrator of our national system of education, and to whom was chiefly due the granting of educational facilities to the residents of Maori Hill, a boon which will always link his name with the institution represented by this Committee ; and that a letter of sincere sympathy with the late statesman's family be forwarded to Mrs. Seddon and the Premier." I have, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. C. Gates, Clerk. Marlborough Education Board. Dear Madam, — Education Board Office, Blenheim, 11th July, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the Marlborough Education Board, to transmit the following copy of a resolution carried unanimously at the last meeting of the Board, and the first since the date of the sad event referred to. I am, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. • John Smith, Secretary. " The members of the Marlborough Education Board desire to express, and place on record, their deep regret at the death of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, and tender their sincere sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and her family in their bereavement."