1906.] 



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ing conducted requires the superintendent to " separate, so 

 far as is practicable, the expenditures on work against the 

 gypsy moth and those on work against the brown-tail moth 

 in each city and town." Since the law does not give the 

 superintendent control over the form in which reports from 

 cities and towns shall be rendered, it has been impossible to 

 make such division of expenditures. Repeated letters have 

 been sent to city and town treasurers and to the local super- 

 intendents in charge of the work, but it has been practically 

 impossible to obtain the information desired. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



The law requires the superintendent to present his annual 

 report "on or before the third Wednesday in January of 

 each year." It has been impossible to obtain from several 

 cities and towns the complete record of their expenses under 

 the act. The following report includes the records of the 

 expenditures for work performed previous to Jan. 1, 1906. 

 The balance of the appropriation is apparent rather than 

 real, and will be practically expended during the month of 

 January in additional reimbursements to those towns whose 

 records as yet are incomplete. 



Appropriation May 8, 1905, .... 



Office expenses : 



Management, 



Salaries of clerks, 



Rent, 



Stationery and postage, .... 



Printing, 



Supplies, furniture, etc , 



Expert advice, 



Sundries, 



Field expenses : 



Wages of employees, ..... 

 Travelling expenses (superintendent and 



employees), 



Supplies, 



Reimbursement to cities and towns, 

 Sundries, 



Balance Jan. 1, 1906, . 



$75,000 00 



$3,125 00 

 1,292 00 

 516 67 

 913 34 

 951 91 

 545 30 

 167 85 

 775 86 



9,130 24 



2,544 44 



149 46 



40,250 08 



113 50 





X 



60,475 65 

 $14,524 35 



