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supply any information on the subject that would be of interest or 

 advantage to Congress. 



Very respectfully, 



John Hume, Governor. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 



FLORIDA. 



State of Florida, Executive Department, 



Tallahassee, February 19, 1902. 

 My Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your 

 favor of the 3d instant, inclosing a copy of resolution of the Senate of 

 the 30th ultimo, calling upon the Secretary of the Interior for certain 

 information concerning the buffalo, or bison, in the United States or 

 in the Dominion of Canada, with a view of ascertaining what steps, if 

 any, should be taken to preserve the species of animal from extinction, 

 requesting that I furnish your Department with such information as it 

 may be possible for me to obtain regarding the buffalo in its natural 

 state in the public parks or in private herds throughout the State of 

 Florida, and I have to advise }^ou that we have no buffalo in the public 

 parks or in private herds in the State of Florida. 



I have the honor to remain, with great respect, very truly, yours, 



W. S. Jennings, Governor. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 



GEORGIA. 



State of Georgia, Executive Office, 



Atlanta, March 19, 1902. 

 Sir: 1 beg to acknowledge receipt of your communication of the 5th 

 instant, inclosing copy of resolution adopted by the Senate of the 

 United States, directing the Secretary of the Interior and the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture to transmit to the Senate zwy facts which they 

 may possess relative to the preservation in the United States or 

 Dominion of Canada of the buffalo, or American bison, etc. 



In reply I beg to say that there are no buffalo in this State and hence 

 there is no information on the subject matter of the resolution within 

 my possession which I can communicate in response to the resolution. 

 I have the honor to be, very truly, yours, 



A. D. Candler, Governor. 



The Secretary of the Interior, 



Washiagton, D. O. 



IDAHO. 



State of Idaho, Executive Office, 



Boise, Idaho, February 10, 1902. 

 Sir: I beg to acknowledge your letter of the 3d instant, inclosing 

 copy of Senate resolution of January 30, asking for information con- 



