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Field expenses : - 



Wages of employees, $27,584 09 



Travelling 1 expenses of employees, . . . 7,829 48 



Supplies, ....... 135 70 



Sundries, 28 14 



Reimbursements to cities and towns, . . . 171,038 74 



$218,679 86 



Balance Jan. 1, 1907, . $20,844 49 



Parasite Appropriation. 



The greatly increased number of foreign shipments of par- 

 asitic material, as compared with those of 1905, necessitated 

 the provision of a large amount of apparatus and the employ- 

 ment of much expert assistance during the breeding season, 

 together with large disbursements to foreign collectors. The 

 total expenses incurred in this work during the year 1906 are 

 given below : - 



Balance Jan. 1, 1906, $7,894 91 



Appropriation, 1906, 10,000 00 



$17,894 91 



Expended in 1906 : - 



Wages of employees, $2,761 48 



Travelling expenses, 755 74 



Rent, . 180 00 



Supplies, 891 42 



Stationery and postage, ..... 17 99 



Experts, 105 92 



Sundries, ........ 379 01 



Importation of parasites, ..... 5,671 83 



10,763 39 



Balance Jan. 1, 1907, . $7,131 52 



ANALYSIS OF TOWN .EXPENSES. 



Of the total amount expended by cities and towns receiving 

 reimbursement from the State, there has been a considerable 

 increase in the amount invested in tools and supplies, the largest 

 items being power spraying outfits, insecticides, hose, ladders, 

 axes, etc. The total amount spent in the 57 cities and towns 



