PART I. 

 Mosquito Characteristics and Habits. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTORY AND EXPLANATORY. 



During the session of 1902 the Legislature of the State of 

 New Jersey passed an act, \\hich is now Chapter 98 of the laws 

 of tlial year, providing- for an investigation of the mosqiiitci 

 problem, and the writer, as Entomologist to the Experiment 

 Station, was intrusted with the dutv of making it. 



The law is as follows : 



An Act to provide for an investigation and report by the New 

 Jersey agriculttu"al experiment station, upon the mosquito 

 problem, in its relation to the sanitary, agricultural and other 

 interests of the State. 

 Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the 



State of Nczc Jersey: 



1. The New Jersey agricultural experiment station be and the 

 same is hereby empowered and directed to in\'estigate and report 

 upon the mosquitoes occurring within the state, their habits, life 

 history, breeding' places, relation to malarial and other diseases, 

 the injury caused by them to the agricultural, sanitary and other 

 interests of the state, their natural enemies, and the best methods 

 of lessening. C(n"itrc:)lling or otherwise diminishing the numbers, 

 injury or detrimental effect upon the agricultural, sanitary and 

 other interests of the state. 



2. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to 

 the New Jersey agricultural experiment station to he applied to 

 and expended for the purpose mentioned in section one of this act ; 

 such expenditures to be made and accounted for in the same man- 

 ner as are the other moneys approi)riated to said station. 



3. This act shall take effect immediately. 

 Approved April 3, 1902. 



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