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This rural community has done enough by private sub- 

 scription to show what needs be done to effectually accomplish 

 the desired end — the complete remedy being one which can now 

 be handled only through municipal action. 



If the City of New York will through its proper depart- 

 ments and at a nominal expense of a few thousand dollars do 

 that which only the City can do, the neighboring rural com- 

 munity will further show what can be done to complete the 

 operation. 



I have no hesitation in saying that the results will be such 

 that other neighboring communities will rapidly follow with 

 similar protection, even though it entails greater expense. What 

 has heretofore seemed a more or less mysterious operation will 

 soon become common practice. Common practice will quickly 

 become a matter of course, and the mosquito as a pest or as a 

 germ carrying insect will cease to exist. 



Chairman : Dr. Howard, Permanent Secretary American 

 Society for the Advancement of Science, is, unfortunately, not 

 able to be present. He has written a letter, which I will ask 

 the Secretary to read. 



Mr. Weeks : On Monday morning I received two letters 

 from Dr. Howard, in one of which he said in the strongest 

 terms and most hopeful manner that he would be with us, and 

 in the other letter, when I opened it, I found that he had re- 

 ceived a subpoena from a Congressional Committee which 

 compelled him to be absent. I telegraphed asking if he could 

 get the matter postponed, but he telegraphed back that it was 

 "impossible to change the date of the meeting of the Special 

 Emergency Committee." 



