The shipment of the herd from New York City to 
South Dakota has reduced materially the balance in the 
treasury, but a portion of the cost of the shipment has 
been made up by generous subscriptions received by 
the Treasurer from members of the Society, as will be 
shown in the Treasurer’s report. 
The Blue Mountain Forest Park Association, on 
the occasion of the last meeting of the Society, offered 
to present to the Society five full-blooded buffaloes for 
the Wind Cave National Game Preserve. These buf- 
faloes may yet be sent to the Preserve in South Dakota, 
or if agreeable to the Blue Forest Mountain Park Asso- 
ciation, may form a nucleus herd in another public 
game preserve. 
The actions taken by the Board of Managers since 
the last meeting are recorded on pages 22 to 24 of the 
last Annual Report. The census of buffaloes as made 
by Secretary Wharton for 1913 is printed on pages 25 
to 27 of that Report, and an account of the erable 
ment of the fifth bison herd on the Niobrara Reserva- 
tion in Nebraska is given on pages 33 to 39 of the same 
Report. 
The work immediately before the Society awaiting 
its action or co-operation is as follows: 
1. The establishment of a nucleus herd of bison 
in the National Park on the southerly side of Devil’s 
Lake in North Dakota. <A bill is now pending in the 
National Legislature authorizing the use of this park 
as a game preserve. The Park is easily accessible by 
many thousands of people each year,—the lake is some 
120 miles in length,—its northern shore is a consider- 
able summer resort for peoples residing in the two 
Dakotas, and in neighboring: states, and lake boats 
may stop at the Park so that any herd of bison, elk, 
antelope or other animal may be easily seen by the peo- 
ple of the State and by tourists. 
2, The establishment of a herd in New York State 
either in the Adirondacks in the State Forest Preserve, 
or in Highland Park on the west bank of the Hudsox: 
as may be determined. 
3. The encouragement of the preservation of other 
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