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that after making inquiry on the subject there are no buffalo or 

 American bison in this State. 



Very respectfully, John Walter Smith, 



Governor. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Executive Department, 

 Boston, February 11, 1902. 

 Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of 3 t oua- letter 

 of the 3d instant requesting information concerning the buffalo or 

 bison located in this Commonwealth, and to say in reply that so far as 

 can be ascertained by the fish and game commissioners of Massachu- 

 setts, the only buffalo in this State are those on the estate of Hon. 

 William C. Whitney, which embraces October Mountain, so called, in 

 Berkshire County. Mr. Whitney has now 2tt buffaloes of pure blood, 

 9 of which were brought from Wyoming in 1897, and the others are 

 native to this State, having been born on Mr. Whitney's estate. So 

 far as can be learned there are no buffaloes on any of the State or 

 metropolitan park reservations. 

 1 am, yours, very truly, 



W. M. Crane. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 



Note. — Since the receipt of the foregoing, the following additional data has been 

 received from the Superintendent of the National Zoological Park, District of Colum- 

 bia, through the Smithsonian Institution : 



New York, March 18, 1902. 

 Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of March 10, Mr. Whitney wishes 

 to say that he has 26 buffalo at his place at Lenox, Mass. — 10 males 

 and 16 females. He does not know of any other buffalo in Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Very, truly yours, Thos. J. Ligan, 



Private Secretary William C. Whitney. 



Dr. Frank Baker, 



Superintendent National Zoological Park, 



Washington , D. C. 



Lenox, Mass., March 20, 1902. 

 Dear Sir: Hon. W. C. Whitney has on his game preserve in the 

 town of Washing-ton, Mass., near Lenox, 26 buffaloes — all full bloods. 

 Yours, etc., 



Thos. Post, Agent. 



Dr. Frank Baker, 



Superintendent National Zoological Park, 



Washington, D. O. 



