wood buffalo herd and ineluding the small number that 
have been loaned to city parks, amounts to 1,600 pure- 
blood bison, distributed as follows: Composing the 
Canadian National Herd, 1,287; within the wood 
buffalo country, 300, and in various city parks, 13. 
In conclusion, this branch has lately received 
information tending to show the existence of another 
herd in the district east of the Finlay River in British 
Columbia. Further and authoritative information is 
shortly looked for, and it is hoped that the reports as 
to this new herd may be confirmed, in order that an 
infusion of new blood may be obtained when deemed 
necessary in the future for the benefit of the herd now 
maintained by the Dominion Government; and thus 
the aim in establishing this herd will be successfully 
carried out, namely: the permanent preservation of the 
noblest and most beneficent of the large animals 
indigenous to this country. 
MAXWELL GRAHAM, 
Clerk in charge of the Zoological and Animal Division. 
