April, '14] NEW JERSEY ANTI-MOSQUITO CONVENTION 245 



showed the progress of the work and pointed out the marked increase 

 in property values where the salt marshes had been drained. 



The evening session was held in the auditorium of the Atlantic 

 City high school where Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, gave a very interesting lecture illustrated with lantern 

 slides, on "Important Methods and Results of Anti-Mosquito Work in 

 Various Parts of the World." Doctor Howard showed views in 

 many lands and of particular interest were the portraits of the men 

 who have made the principal discoveries connected with mosquito- 

 borne diseases and with anti-mosquito work — closing by showing the 

 portrait of the late Dr. John B. Smith. 



Dr. Jacob G. Lipman, director of the New Jersey Experiment Sta- 

 tion, in a brief address on "What Mosquito Extermination Means 

 for New Jersey Agriculture" told of the inexpensive lands in southern 

 New Jersey which had not become inhabited on account of the mos- 

 quito scourge. 



A representative of His Excellency was present and made a brief 

 address assuring the delegates that the executive department was in 

 sympathy with, and would foster such anti-mosquito work as is now 

 being done, which is clearly for the benefit of the state. 



A film of moving pictures showing the development of mosquitoes 

 from egg to adult and the various stages in ditching operations con- 

 cluded the program for the evening. 



The next morning the meeting opened at 9.30, and the first paper 

 "Anti-Mosquito Work in New York State" by Dr. Joseph O'Connell, 

 health officer of the Port of New York, was read by Doctor Headlee 

 as Doctor O'Connell could not be present. In the next paper "Anti- 

 Mosquito Work in Connecticut," Dr. W. E. Britton, state entomol- 

 ogist of Connecticut, explained what has been accomphshed in that 

 state, illustrated by lantern slides. This was followed by "Anti- 

 Mosquito Work in Philadelphia," by Mr. Herman Hornig, entomol- 

 ogist of the City of Philadelphia. Mr. Hornig's paper was also 

 illustrated by lantern shdes. 



Of especial interest was the next subject, "Mosquito Extermination 

 Work from the Standpoint of the Taxpayer, " discussed by Mr. A. W. 

 Hamburg, president Newark Board of Trade; Mr. Walter A. Evans, 

 director Essex County Board of Freeholders; and Hon. Carleton B. 

 Pierce, Cranford, N. J. 



At the close of the program, the meeting on permanent organization 

 reported in favor of such action and submitted a constitution and 

 by-laws and nominations for officers. The report of this committee 

 was accepted and the following officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year. 



