REPORT ON MOSQUITOES. 441 



In order to enlarge his sphere of action, the writer was appointed Assistant 

 Sanitary Inspector of Ocean township, without salary. The appointment was 

 productive of good results, as larvae were discovered and exterminated in all 

 sorts of places, and many infractions of the sanitary laws were amended. Re- 

 ceived seven hundred and fifty-five dollars and twenty-six cents ($755.26) 

 from the subscribers from July, 1902, to June, 1903. 



In addition to the report from which the above extracts have been taken, 

 Professor John B. Smith's report approved, based upon the examination of 

 the infected territory by Mr. H. H. Brehme, his assistant, and from his own 

 personal observation. The Professor endorses the work that has been done 

 and fully concurs with the plan for the future propagation of the crusade. Up 

 to the present writing the committee has received every courtesy and valuable 

 assistance from the above-named gentleman and his assistant. 



On March 24th, 1902, the work was continued. Two experienced men were 

 engaged on the above date, and seven and one-half barrels of oil had been 

 consumed to June of the same year. The territory had been extended and all 

 the infected places were carefully watched. In addition to the above, three 

 miles of ditching had been completed and many breeding places filled in. The 

 results were satisfactory: temporary results, it is true; but it required the 

 hardest kind of work and the utmost vigilance to obtain the relief from the 

 nuisance that the subscribers demanded. But the time was almost at hand 

 when permanent relief could be guaranteed. The majority of the residents of 

 Monmouth Beach seemed to realize that the joking stage had passed and that 

 the time for concerted action had arrived. It would be just as well to state 

 that five hundred and twenty-two dollars and seventy-two cents ($522.72) were 

 expended in the year 1902. The season of 1903 opened with a balance in the 

 treasury of two hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty-four cents ($232.54). 

 In addition to this amount, four hundred and twenty-five- dollars were sub- 

 scribed in the summer of 1903. making a total of six hundred and fifty-seven 

 dollars and fifty-four cents ($657.54) to propagate the work. The above 

 amount was not expended until February, 1904. A total amount of $1,770.26 

 expended in three years, and nothing to show for the same ! A very unsat- 

 isfactory ending of an arduous and difficult campaign. But better times were 

 coming when the permanent method of eradicating the pests was to be given 

 a fair trial. 



In the year 1903 the Rumson Neck Mosquito Extermination Association was 

 formed. The Shrewsbury river divides Monmouth Beach from Rumson Neck. 

 The latter community were aroused to the necessity of commencing a crusade 

 of their own against the mosquito pests. They were awakened to the fact 

 that something had to be done at once. The writer was notified and agreed 

 to help them in their difficulty. The committee of Rumson Neck deserve 

 great credit for the way they took hold of the work. Circulars were issued, 

 one after the other, calling on the residents for financial aid. The responses 

 were liberal, the warfare was on, and continued throughout the entire season. 

 For the money expended the success of the work was doubtful. The work 

 was started too late in the season and there were too many breeding places 

 adjacent to their own territory, that were not treated, to draw a supply from. 

 But the committee were in no wise discouraged and determined to adopt the 

 permanent method the following year. 



The writer succeeded in obtaining the post of Assistant Sanitary Inspector 

 of Shrewsbury Township, and was able thereby to be of some assistance to the 

 association. Amount expended on Rumson Neck for the year of ^1903, five 

 hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents ($537.22). The com- 

 mittee were very active during the entire season and did excellent work. 

 ■Numerous meetings were held, circulars were mailed, and the local papers 

 pressed into the service. The matter was agitated continually and kept before 

 the public. A trifle over twenty-three hundred dollars ($2,300) had been 

 spent up to this time on both sides of the river. 



In the fall of 1903 a meeting of the residents and property owners of Mon- 

 mouth Beach was held in the Monmouth Beach Country Club. The attend- 

 ance was beyond expectation, intense interest in the matter having been 



