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Lincoln Road Board. Dear Madam, — Prebbleton, Canterbury, 9th July, 1906. 1 have the honour to convey to you and your family the Lincoln Road Board's deepest sympathy and sorrow in the los". you have sustained by the very sudden death of your revered husband. May the great Architect of the Universe in His infinite mercy soften the blow so suddenly given is the sincere wish of all. I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon. F. W. East, Clerk. Manganui Road Board. Madam,— Midhirst, 24th July, 1906. At the last meeting of the Manganui Road Board, it was resolved, " That this Board offers to Mrs. Seddon and her family its sincere sympathy for the irreparable loss to them of the late Right Hon. Mr. Seddon by his untimely and sudden decease, a loss which is deeply deplored also by the settlers in the Manganui Road District." The Board then adjourned as a mark of respect to the late Prime Minister. If permitted, I should also desire to express my sympathy for yourself and family, personally I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Alfred Coleman, Clerk. Maungakaramea Road Board. Dear Madam, — Maungakaramea, 16th June, 1906. On behalf of myself and colleagues, in accordance with a resolution passed to-day, I beg to tender our earnest and heartfelt sympathy with yourself and family in your sudden and sad bereavement. The country has lost a great and good statesman, your family a kind and noble father, and yourself a fond and affectionate husband, and we trust that the sympathy? of the whole civilised world, which is assuredly yours, will be some solace to you in your great and heavy sorrow. I am, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon. D. J. O'Carroll, Chairman. Mount Albert Road Board. Dear Madam, — Morningside, sth July, 1906. I have the honour, by direction of my Board, to send to you the enclosed copy of a resolution passed unanimously at the first meeting held after the occurrence of the mournful event which has called it forth. Please permit me to say on my own account that I personally concur with the expression of sorrow and sympathy expressed in the resolution. I have, (fee, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. H. C. Haselden, Clerk. (Copy of Resolution.) " The Mount Albert Road Board at this, its first meeting since hearing the sad news of the tragic death of the late Premier, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, P.C., places on record its deep sorrow at the loss sustained by the colony, its appreciation of the life and work of the great man who has gone, and its kindly sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and her family in the sudden bereavement that has befallen them, and directs that a copy of this resolution be sent to Mrs. Seddon." Mount Peel Road Board. Dear Madam, — Peel Forest, 15th June, 1906. I am instructed by the members of the Mount Peel Road Board to forward you a copy of a resolution passed at its meeting to-day, which reads as follows: "The Mount Peel Road Board desires to express its sympathy with Mrs. Seddon and the members of her family, and also with the Colony of New Zealand, at the irreparable loss sustained by them through the death of the late Prime Minister, who has devoted his life to the cause of New Zealand and also to the furtherance of Imperialism." G. J. Denniston, Chairman. Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. E. H. Templer, Acting-Clerk. O'Kain's Bay Road Board. (Telegram.) Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. O'Kain's Bay, 12th June, 1906. O'Kain's Bay Road Board express deepest sympathy with yourself and family in your sad bereavement. George Mason, Chairman. Patangata Road Board. Madam, — Kaikora North, 13th July, 1906. I have the honour to forward you a copy of minute passed at the recent meeting of the Patangata Road Board, as follows:' " That this Board place on record their most sincere sympathy and condolence with Mrs. Seddon and family in the irreparable loss they and this country have sustained by the passing-away of the colony's greatest statesman and Prime Minister." I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington, J. C, Taylor, Clerk,