EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
HE Highth Annual Meeting of the American Bison 
Society was called to order by President Franklin 
W. Hooper at 10.50 A. M., on Thursday, January 8, 
1914, in the American Museum of Natural History, 
New York City. 
Those pr esent were: Dr. T. S. Palmer, Prof. 
Henry Fairfield Osborn, Col. John Schuyler Crosby, 
and Messrs. Pratt, Sauter, Edgell, Austin Corbin, 
Clark Willams, Loring, and Emerson, Mr. Stevens, 
assistant to the Treasurer, and several newspaper men. 
The minutes of the Seventh Annual Meeting were 
read by the Secretary, and stood approved. 
The Treasurer, Mr. Clark Williams, presented his 
report, showing a balance on Jan. 1, 1914, of $1,092.95, 
and it was received and referred to an auditing commit- 
tee to be appointed by the chair. President Hooper 
subsequently named Messrs. Pratt and Wharton 
on this committee, and still later the committee re- 
ported that the Treasurer’s accounts had been exam- 
ined and found correct. 
President Hooper then read his report to the so- 
ciety for the past year. He referred especially to the 
large increase in bison in North America during the life 
of the American Bison Society, but emphasized the fact 
that work of importance in assuring the future of the 
species still lies ahead, notably the establishment of at 
least one more national herd, and of state herds where 
possible. It was Voted: That the report of the Presi- 
dent be accepted and printed in full in the Annual Re- 
port of the Society. 
Prof. Osborn called attention to the fact that the 
present birth rate of the bison, as determined by the 
society’s census, almost equals the number existing at 
the time of the beginning of the society’s work. Prof. 
Osborn stated that he had seen the extermination of the 
prong-horn antelope going on for many years, and that 
any suggestion looking towards their pr eservation 
came very near his heart. These antelope had approx- 
imately the same range as the bison, and they can there- 
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