12 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



sites and other natural enemies of the gypsy and brown-tail 

 moths during 1908, the sum of $15,000 should be made avail- 

 able. 



(c) City or town employees should be given authority to 

 enter private property at any time for the purpose of making 

 an examination to determine if the moth pests occur on the 

 same. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



Since the work of suppressing both the gypsy and brown-tail 

 moths usually is in progress at the same time, and by the same 

 gang of men, it is impossible for the superintendent to comply 

 with the requirements of the original " gypsy moth act," so 

 called, which directs him to " separate, so far as practicable, 

 the expenditures on work against the gypsy moth from those 

 on work against the brown-tail moth." 



In the winter season, for example, the men engaged in creo- 

 soting gypsy moth egg clusters on street trees also at the same 

 time remove and destroy the webs of the brown-tail moth ; while 

 later in the season orchards are sometimes found infested by 

 both these insects, and the spraying operations necessary to 

 kill one species also destroy the other. 



The superintendent has endeavored to secure complete returns 

 from all cities and towns for their expenses in connection with 

 this work up to the close of the fiscal year, Nov. 30, 1907. Not- 

 withstanding the earnest efforts put forth to obtain this informa- 

 tion, a number of cities and towns have at this writing failed 

 to submit the necessary pay rolls and schedules of bills, although 

 a sufficient balance is on hand to provide for the required reim- 

 bursement on the part of the State. 



The balance carried forward from last year, viz., $20,844.49, 

 was practically all disbursed during the month of January., 

 1907, in reimbursements to dilatory municipalities. For the 

 same reason, the balance carried forward to the credit of 1908 

 operations is apparent rather than real, and will be largely dis- 

 bursed during the present month. 



Balance from 1906, . $20,844 49 



Appropriation of May 8, 1905, 75,000 00 



Appropriation of May 17, 1907, 220,000 00 



$315,844 49 



