The President, in his report, spoke of the work which 

 had been done by Prof. Morton J. Elrod for the purpose 

 of selecting and recommending a suitable Bufifalo range 

 on the Flathead Indian Reservation, in Montana; of an 

 Adirondack Bison Bill ; of the shipment of a nucleus herd 

 from New York Zoological Park to the Wichita Forest 

 and Game Preserve in Oklahoma, and of a census of the 

 Bison now existing — all of which matters are treated of 

 elsewhere in detail. 



The Secretary read the following letter from President 

 Roosevelt: — - 



The White House 



Washington, Oct. 24, 1907. 

 My Dear Mr. Baynes: 



I feel real and great interest in the work being done 

 by the American Bison Society to preserve the Buffalo — 

 the biggest of the American big game, probably on the 

 whole the most distinctive game animal of this continent, 

 and certainly the animal which played the greatest part 

 in the lives of the Indians, and which most deeply imprest 

 the imagination of all the old hunters and early settlers. 

 It would be a real misfortune to permit the species to 

 become extinct, and I hope that all good citizens will aid 

 the Society in its efforts for its preservation. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



Mr. Ernest Harold Baynes, 



Secretary. The American Bison Society, 

 Meriden, N. H. 



The report of the Treasurer, Mr. Clark Williams, was 

 read and ordered printed in full in the Annual Report of 

 the Society. 



The report of the Executive Committee showed that 

 during February, March and April of 1907 the Secretary 

 spent several weeks in Boston, lecturing before prominent 

 societies and clubs, writing for the newspapers, and other- 

 wise interesting the people of the city in the fate of the 

 Buffalo. Many new memberships and subscriptions were 

 secured. 



