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Nireaha School Committee. (Telegram.) Premier's Office, Wellington. Nireaha, 21st June, 1906. Nireaha School Committee wishes you to convey to Mrs. Seddon their sympathy in her great bereavement. C. Albertsen. North Canterbury Education Board. (Telegram.) The Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Christchurch, 13th June, 1906. The members of the North Canterbury Education Board desire to express their profound regret at the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand and Minister of Education, by which the colony has suffered an irreparable loss; also to express their deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family in their sad bereavement. John Rennie, Chairman. North Canterbury School Committee Association. Dear Sir, — Christchurch, 13th June. 1906. The executive of the North Canterbury School Committee Association desire you to kindly convey to Mrs. Seddon and family sincere expressions of sympathy and condolencejlor the sad loss they and the colony have sustained. Yours, &c, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. J. Spiller, President. Waitaki High School Board. Sir,— Oamaru, 27th June, 1906. I have the honour of forwarding herewith a copy of a resolution passed by the Waitaki High School Board at a meeting held this morning, and to ask that you will be good enough to hand the enclosed letter to Mrs. Seddon. I have, &c, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Premier, Wellington. A. McKinnon, Secretary. " The Waitaki High School 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 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." Ohakea School Committee. Sir,— Ohakea, 14th June, 1906. The Ohakea School Committee desire to express through you their most sincere sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in their very sad bereavement. All hearts here are sore, and mourn with them the great and irreparable loss they have sustained. Yours, &c,. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones. J. Alex. Bailey, Chairman. Omahu School Committee. - (Telegram.) The Hon. Hall-Jones, Wellington. Fernhill, 11th June, 1906. Convey Ministry deep regret sudden demise father of the colony. Kindly convey deepest sympathy with sorrowing widow and family. Yours faithfully, S. Horsford, Secretary. Otago Education Board. Sir-— Education Office, Dunedin, 23rd June, 1906. By direction of the Otago Education Board I have the honour to request you to be good enough to forward to Mrs. Seddon the enclosed copy of a resolution adopted by the Board at its last meeting. I have, &c, The Hon. the Premier. O. Pryde, Secretary. (Copy of Resolution adopted by the Board at its Meeting on 20th June, 1906.) " The Education Board of the District of Otago records its profound sorrow at the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and its appreciation of the great services he has rendered to the colony. In particular the Board desires to express its appreciation of the great work he has done as Minister of Education —in vastly improving the conditions of primary education, in affording to all the pupils in the colony an opportunity of obtaining secondary education at our high schools free of charge, and in amplifying the means for the training of teachers. The Board wishes also to express its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and family in their sore bereavement."