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Office expenses : 



Management, . . $4,583 33 



Salaries of clerks, . 2,392 42 



Rent, . . . 1,302 35 



Stationery and postage, . 739 45 



Printing, . . . 1,410 52 



Experts, . . 384 51 



Supplies and furniture, . 338 00 



Sundries, . . 772 81 



Educational work, 51 20 



Field expenses : 



Wages of employees, . 35,451 03 



Travelling expenses of employees, . 8,005 69 



Supplies, ... 134 76 



Contract work, . . 105 13 



Special expense for care of local parks, etc., 7,253 08 



Supplies for experiments, . 133 59 



Emergency operations, . . 1,498 91 



Reimbursements to cities and towns, 175,552 88 



$240,109 66 



Balance Nov. 30, 1907, . . $75,734 83 



To the credit of the above should be placed the cost of emer- 

 gency work in the city of Woburn, $1,498.91, where the local 

 authorities failed to act, which has been certified as a special 

 State tax, to be collected in the usual way, leaving the net actual 

 expense $238,610.75. 



PARASITE APPROPRIATION. 



It was necessary to increase greatly the number of trained 

 assistants employed at the parasite laboratory during the sum- 

 mer season of 1907, in order properly to care for the large 

 shipments of the beneficial insects obtained from abroad. An 

 increased force of European collectors were also employed, while 

 the expenses of Dr. L. O. Howard's European trip were also 

 met by this office. The total expenses incurred in this work 

 during the year 1906 are given below: 



Balance Jan.. 1, 1907, . . . $7,13152 



Appropriation May 8, 1905, . . . 10,000 00 



Appropriation May 17, 1907, . . . 15,000 00 



$32,131 52 



