102 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. ("Jan. 



WILMINGTON. 

 WILLIAM L. KELLEY, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, .... $245 50 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, .... 491 00 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, 



1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



A few small gypsy moth colonies have been found, princi- 

 pally in the southern part of the town, while the brown-tail 

 moth occurs generally throughout the entire area. The other 

 business interests of the local superintendent have prevented 

 him from giving the necessary attention to the work of de- 

 stroying the moths, or as much as he probably would have 

 given under other circumstances. At the present writing 

 active work has just commenced under the direction of a 

 competent foreman, and we have assurances that it will be 

 prosecuted with vigor until completed. A general campaign 

 of burlapping will be necessary next season in the town, with 

 possibly a small amount of spraying in certain localities. 



YARMOUTH. 

 CHARLES R. BASSETT, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, .... f 363 20 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, .... 726 40 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, 



1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



Late in December a single egg cluster was found by an 

 inspector from this office on a street tree near the centre 

 of the town. The brown-tail moth is much in evidence, and 

 we have assurances that the local work will be promptly 

 organized and prosecuted with vigor. 



SUMMARY OF CONDITION OF TERRITORY. 



The general condition of the territory occupied by the 

 gypsy moth may be briefly summarized as follows : in the 

 section lying east of a line drawn through Newton, Waltham, 

 Lexington and Burlington, and running northeasterly through 

 Reading, Danvers and Manchester, the infestation is now 

 most alarming. Residential sections in all these central 



