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Kaponga Town Board. Dear Sir,— Kaponga, 19th June, 1906. By direction of the Board, 1 beg to tender sincere sympathy to Mrs. Seddon and family in their sad and sudden bereavement. 1 have, &c, Hon. W. Hall-Jones. R. T. Cowern, Clerk. Manaia Town Board. Sir, — Manaia, Taranaki, 30th June, 1906. At the last meeting of the above Board the following resolution was passed, and I wa» directed to forward a copy to the Government: " That this Board desires to place on record its sincere regret at the great loss the colony has sustained through the death of the late Premier, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and desires to express to the Government its high appreciation of his efforts on behalf of the colony, and of this and other local bodies, during his long and able career as Prime Minister of New Zealand." I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. F. Archer, Clerk. Normanby Town Board. Sir,— Normanby, 18th June, 1906. Kindly forward to Mrs. Seddon the following motion from the Normanby Town Board and the people of Normanby: "_Allow us, the Normanby Town Board and the people of Normanby, to offer you our most sincere expression of condolence in the sad bereavement which has so suddenly fallen upon you. Your sorrow is shared by millions of good and true men and women all over the British Empire in the loss of so really a good and humane statesman, who will be difficult indeed to replace, and who on leaving Sydney wired to a Melbourne friend that he was leaving for ' God's own country,' which he did, and God's will was done." The meeting was then adjourned. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Premier, Wellington. Hugh McKoy, Chairman. Opotiki Town Board. (Telegram.) Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, Wellington. Opotiki, 11th June, 1906. Sincerest sorrow by all parties the sad loss to the country sad death of our Premier. W. J. Addis, Chairman. Opunake Town Board. (Telegram.) Acting-Premier, Wellington. Opunake, 13th June, 1906. Opunake sincerely regrets death of Premier. Please convey sympathy Mrs. Seddon. W. C. Dudley, Chairman. Otautau Town Board. Dear Sir, — , Riverton, 12th June, 1906. At the request of the Otautau Town Board, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a copy of the resolution passed by the Board, expressive of their profound sense of sorrow at the death of the Right Hon. the Premier, and deep sympathy with bereaved relatives. Yours, &c, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier. J. C. Thomson. Dear Sir, — Otautau, 11th June, 1906. The following resolution was unanimously passed at to-night's meeting of the Board, and I would respectfully ask that you will convey same to the Hon. Acting-Premier: " That the members of the Otautau Town Board desire to place on record their profound sense of sorrow at the great and irreparable loss sustained by this colony and the British Empire in the death of the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, P.C., Premier of New Zealand, and to convey to the bereaved relatives their deep sympathy with them in their hour of trial, and to assure them of the abiding and respectful affection the people of this part of the colony entertain for the memory of the illustrious deceased statesman. That it be an instruction to the Clerk to send a copy of this resolution to the member for the district, for transmission to the Hon. the Acting-Premier, and that the Board stand adjourned for one week to mark the members' respect for the memory of the deceased." I have, &c, J. C. Thomson. Esq., M.H.R., Riverton, Wallace. John Fisher, Town Clerk. Outram Town Board. Sir, — Outram, 19th June, 1906. At a special meeting of the Outram Town Board it was unanimously resolved to place on record their deep sense of the very great loss sustained by the colony through the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and record their high appreciation of the eminent services rendered by him to the colony, and this Board desires to convey to Mrs. Seddon and her family their sincere sympathy with them in their great sorrow. Kindly convey same to Mrs. Seddon. I am, (fee, The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Wellington. John Grjint, Town Clerk.