Sentence 1: From 1898 to 1902 , some 1,300 birds were imported from America and released in many parts of the North and South Islands , from Southland to Northland .
Sentence 2: From 1898 to 1902 , some 1300 birds were imported from America and released in many parts of the North and South Islands , from Southland to Northland .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?