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Mayor and Citizens of Westport. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Westport, 11th June, 1906. Please accept yourself and convey to members of Cabinet this town's sincere sorrow at the death of the Premier. Geo. H. Gothard, Mayor. West Harbour Borough Council. Sir,— Rothesay, 18th June, 1906. I have the honour to inform you that at the special meeting of the West Harbour Borough Council, held on the 15th instant, the following resolution was carried: "That this Council desires to express its deep sense of the irreparable loss sustained by the colony in the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and its keen sympathy with his bereaved family." I have, (fee, The Hon. the Premier, Wellington. A. W. Maurais, Town Clerk. Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of Winton. (Telegram.) Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Winton, 15th June, 1906. On behalf of the Council and burgesses of Winton, Awarua, please tender to Mrs. Seddon and family the deepest sympathy in their sad bereavement, occasioned by the death of so noble a husband and father, and to yourself, on behaK of the Cabinet, on the loss of so worthy a colleague, so distinguished a statesman, and one of the Empire's greatest sons. C. D. Moore, Mayor. Mayor and Burgesses of Woodville. (Telegram.) Hon. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Woodville, 11th June, 1906. On behalf of burgesses of Woodville, have to express profound grief for Mr. Seddon's death, and deepest sympathy with you and your colleagues. The loss of Mr. Seddon is a national one. Hubert Burnett, Mayor. Woodville Borough Council. Sir,— Woodville, 21st June, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of the Woodville Borough Council, to forward to you a copy of a resolution unanimously agreed to at a meeting of this Council, as follows: "The Woodville Borough Council writes to place on record its profound sorrow at the loss the colony has sustained by the death of the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, P.C., LL.D., the Prime Minister of the colony, and its high appreciation of the services of the late statesman to the colony and Empire over a long period of years; the Council also wishes to express its deepest sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and the members of the family in their affliction." The Council afterwards adjourned their ordinary business for a week as a token of their esteem. Yours, (fee, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Premier, Wellington. Wm. G. Crawford, Town Clerk. Mayor and Residents of Woolston. (Telegram.) The Hon. the Acting-Premier. Woolston, 21st June, 1906. The following resolution was passed at a public meeting held at Woolston last evening: " That this meeting of electors of the Borough of Woolston desires to record its heartfelt sorrow at the sad and sudden calamity which has overtaken the colony through the death of the late Premier, and to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family its deepest sympathy in their severe and trying affliction." Please forward to Mrs. Seddon. John Richardson, Mayor. Woolston Borough Council. (Telegram.) The Hon. the Premier, Wellington. Woolston, 26th June, 1906.. The Woolston Borough Council, at its first meeting, held last evening, passed the following resolution : " That this Council wishes to place on record its sorrow at the deep loss the colony has sustained in the death of its beloved Premier, and to convey to Mrs. Seddon and family its sincere sympathy in their trying affliction." John Richardson, Mayor. TOWN, ROAD, DOMAIN, RIVER, AND DRAINAGE BOARDS, ETC. (TO'MRS. SEDDON.) Kaikora North Town Board. Madam, — Kaikora North, 13th July, 1906. I have the honour to post you a copy of resolution carried in silence at a meeting held last week by the Kaikora North Town Board, as under: "That this Board places on record their deepest sympathy with the widow and family of the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Prime Minister, and condole with Mrs. Seddon in the very great loss the family and country have sustained by the lamented death of New Zealand's great leader." I am, (fee, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. J. C. Taylor, Clerk