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Turangarere School Children. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Turangarere, 15th June, 1906. The children of the Turangarere School send their loving sympathy to you and your family on the loss of our well-beloved Premier. Emma Ross, for School Children. Victoria College Council. Dear Madam, — Victoria College, Registrar's Office, 23rd June, 1906. By direction of the College Council, I enclose a copy of a resolution passed at its meeting on the 20th instant, and at the same time to offer to you and your family their sympathy in your great bereavement. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon. Charles Powles, Registrar. (Extract from the Minutes of a Meeting of the Victoria College Council held on 20th June, 1906.) Resolved, " That the Council record its deep sense of sorrow at the death of the late Right Hon. Mr. Seddon, and place on record its appreciation of the services he has rendered not only to the Victoria College, but to higher education and to education generally throughout the colony." Waihi District High School Committee. Dear Madam, — Waihi, Upper Thames, Auckland, 21st June, 1906. In accordance with a resolution passed at the last meeting of the Waihi District High School Committee, I now convey the assurance of their profound sympathy with you and your family in the loss you have sustained by Mr. Seddon's death. The loss to the country he loved so well is great, and we realise hoyv intense must be your own suffering. Trusting that God will give you strength in the hour of need, I remain, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. John Henderson, Secretary. Waipukurau School Committee. Dear Madam, — Waipukurau, 30th June, 1906. On behalf of the School Committee of Waipukurau, I send you the following resolution passed at our meeting here recently : "That this meeting of the Committee of the Waipukurau School record its appreciation of Mr. Seddon's services to New Zealand, and express its sincere sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and the members of the family in their sad bereavement." Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. P. Gow, Chairman. Wanganui Collegiate School (House of Commons). Dear Madam, — Wanganui, 29th June, 1906. I am forwarding to you the motion, relative to the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, that was carried at the last meeting of the House of Commons (the junior debating society of this school). The motion was spoken to by several members and carried, all standing. In conveying this motion may I express my own deep sympathy with you and your family. In his example of a strenuous and energetic life Mr. Seddon has left us all a legacy. I am, &c, H. B. Watson, Speaker, ' Mrs. Seddon, Wellington, House of Commons, Collegiate School, Wanganui. The Premier (Hon. P. Stevens), member for Lake Road, moved, " That the members of this House desire to place on record their sense of the loss the colony has sustained in the death of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon : that all deplore the loss of one of great qualities as a man, a statesman, an Englishman ; and that the Hon. the Speaker be requested to convey to Mrs. Seddon and the members of her family their sincere sympathy with them in their sore affliction." Seconded by Hon. Esmond Napier, member for Waitemata, Leader of the Opposition. Motion spoken to by the members for Stratford, Dunedin, Waituna, and the Speaker. Carried unanimously, all standing. Waitaki High School. Dear Madam,— Oamaru, 27th June, 1906. By direct on of the Waitaki High School Board I have the honour of forwarding herewith a copy of a resolution passed by the Board at a meeting held to-day. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. P. McKinnon, Secretary. " The Waitaki High Sch ol Board of Governors records its deep sorrow at the death of the Premier, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and its appreciation of the great services he has rendered to the colony. In particular this Board desires to place on record its sense of his great work as Minister of Education in greatly improving our education system generally, and particularly in r providing that every pupil in the colony can easily secure a secondary education in our high schools free of charge ; and also in providing by a superannuation scheme a retiring-allowance to our teachers in their old age. The Board desires to express its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in their sore bereavement."