CONTENTS. 



I'AGE 



Introduction, . . 9 



Synopsis of the report, 10 



Financial statement, 12 



Analysis of town expenses -13 



Financial summary by towns 14 



Allotments of appropriations, 18 



History of the year's work 20 



Extent of infested territory, 24 



Condition of infested district, . . .28 



Summary of condition of territory, . 102 



Statements of citizens in regard to the work, . 103 



Obstacles to the work, 115 



Future work, 116 



Report of consulting entomologist, 117 



Importing parasites, 120 



Fungous disease of brown-tail moth 127 



National aid 129 



Work of State boards, 131 



Work of Gen. S. C. Lawrence, 137 



Educational work, 139 



The woodland problem, 140 



The orchard problem, 141 



Preliminary operations, 143 



Banding trees, 150 



Trapping brown-tail moths at light 151 



Brown-tail moth poisoning, 153 



Report of Dr. E. E. Tyzzer on pathology of brown-tail moth dermatitis, . . 154 



Recommendations, 169 



