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1893. NEW ZEALAND.

DEATH OF THE HON. JOHN BALLANCE (LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS OF CONDOLENCE ON THE).

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OP VICTORIA. Lord Hopetoun to His Excellency Lord Glasgow. (Telegram.) 29th April, 1893. Much shocked at Premier's death. Convey sympathy family and colleagues.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OE NEW ZEALAND. Lord Glasgow to the Hon. the Acting-Peemiee. Government House, Thursday evening, 27th April, 1893. The Governor has just heard, with much regret, from Sir Patrick Buckley, of the death of the Premier, and he desires to take the earliest opportunity of expressing to his Ministers his sense of the great loss the colony has sustained in the removal of so able and experienced a statesman. He also desires to express his own sorrow at the loss of one with whom his personal relations have ever been of the most pleasant and cordial description, and whose courteous assistance and counsel have always been at the disposal of the Governor during this his first year of office. The Hon. the Acting-Premier. Glasgow.

HIS EXCELLENCY'S PRIVATE SECRETARY. Colonel P. Boyle to the Hon. R. J. Seddon. (Telegram.) Rotorua, 29th April, 1893. Many thanks for your telegram. Please convey to Mrs. Ballance my deep regret that, owing to the distance from here, I am unable to be present at Wanganui to-morrow to pay my humble respects to the memory of one for. whom I had the greatest admiration. I trust that Mrs. Ballance is as well as can be expected under her terrible affliction.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERS. The Peemiee, South Australia, to the Acting-Peemiee, New Zealand. (Telegram.) Adelaide, 28th April, 1893. This Government has heard with profound regret of the untimely death of the Hon. Mr. Ballance, and expresses its deep sympathy with the Government and people of New Zealand in the great loss they have sustained.

The Peemiee, Tasmania, to the Hon. E. J. Seddon, New Zealand. (Telegram.) Hobart, 28th April, 1893. Ministees beg that you will be good enough to convey to the family of the late Hon. John Ballance, Premier of your colony, the expression of their sincere sympathy in their bereavement.

AGENT-GENERAL. Agent-Geneeal for New Zealand to the Acting-Peemiee, Wellington. (Telegram.) London, 28th April, 1893. Much lament death Premier. Greatest regret expressed colonial and business circles. I—H. 8.