It will appear in the report of the secretary that ^Ir. 

 Baynes has secured j^romises of five pairs of bison as gifts. 

 These are to come from the C. E. Conrad Estate, the Blue 

 Mountain Forest Association ("Corbin herd"), John E. 

 Dooly, James Philip, and ]Mr. and JNIrs. Charles Good- 

 night. 



With the fund of -$l(),.5GO.oO, now in the treasury, about 

 40 bison can be purchased, and with the 14 head of gift 

 bison a nucleus herd of over 50 head is now assured. Just 

 how much of our fund will need to be expended in trans- 

 portation charges on the gift bison, it is at present impos- 

 sible to say; but at all events, the Society must deliver its 

 gift upon the range, free of all freight charges and other 

 claims. 



The president, Vice-President Kennard, and Treasurer 

 Williams have been formally authorized and directed by 

 the Society to purchase the nucelus herd, and ])rovide for 

 its delivery upon the range; and at the proper time this 

 duty will be performed. It is hoped that the range will 

 be ready for the delivery of the gift herd early in October 

 of the present year. 



The full list of subscriptions is attached hereto, as a 

 part of this report. To the public-spirited men and 

 women, — and also hoys and girls, — who generously aided 

 in the accomplishment of this result, the Bison Society ten- 

 ders its grateful thanks, and the assurance of its profound 

 appreciation. For the use of the office facilities and the 

 clerical assistance genreously afforded by the New York 

 Zoological Society, the Bison Society also makes grateful 

 acknowledgment. 



III. The Latest De\tlopments. 



The report of the Appraisement Commission acting 

 upon the salable lands of the Flathead Indian Reserva- 

 tion revealed the fact that the fund of $.30,000 appropri- 

 ated by Congress for the purchase of 20 scjuare miles of 

 grazing grounds for the JNIontana bison range is sufficient 

 to pay for the whole 28 s(juare miles included in the orig- 

 inal "ideal range." This fact immediately suggested the 

 desirability of securing the additional eight square miles 

 which lay within reach without any further appropriation 

 by Congress. 



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