14 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



ment. The winter work against both the brown-tail moth and 

 the gypsy moth is done by the same gang of men and at the same 

 time. When a man goes into a tree, he clears it of both brown- 

 tail moth webs and gypsy moth egg clusters, and to make such 

 a separation as required would involve an endless amount of 

 bookkeeping, as well as an enormous expense. 



As far as possible, we have obtained complete returns from 

 all cities and towns showing their expenditures in the work 

 against the gypsy and brown-tail moths up to the close of the 

 fiscal year, Nov. 30, 1908. There are, as usual, a certain 

 number of dilatory municipalities whose accounts are not yet 

 made up, while in other cases certain items of expense which 

 appear to be open to question are held pending adjustment. As 

 previously mentioned, the balance carried forward from Nov. 

 30, 1907, $75,734.83, was largely paid out in reimbursement 

 to towns which had failed to make returns at the time of clos- 

 ing the books. For the same reason, the balance of $1,223.37 

 on hand Nov. 30, 1908, is apparent rather than real, and will 

 doubtless be disbursed during the current month. 



General appropriation : - 



Balance from 1907, $75,734 83 



Appropriation for 1908, .... 150,000 00 



Appropriation of June 8, 1908, . . . 150,000 00 



Credit for cash returned, .... 10 85 



$375,745 68 



Office expenses : 



Management, $5,000 00 



Salaries of clerks, 2,402 00 



Rent, 1,440 00 



Stationery and postage, .... 1,137 09 



Printing, 949 42 



Experts, 248 15 



Supplies and furniture, .... 131 88 



Sundries, 1,182 44 



Educational work, ..... 40 75 



Field expenses : 



Wages of employees, 72,057 06 



Travelling expenses of employees, . . 13,470 00 



Supplies, 583 22 



Amounts carried forward, . . . $98,642 01 $375,745 68 



