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Bearing of these facts on the problem of control luo 



Mosquito surveys i6g 



Practical procedure in mosquito work 170 



Financial arrangements 170 



Temporary work 171 



Cleaning and stocking with fish 172 



Larvicides 17.:! 



Canal Zone larvicide 182 



Composition 182 



Method of making 183 



Advantages 183 



Disadvantages 1S4 



Conclusions i8.| 



Permanent work 185 



Brief History of Mosquito-Control Work in New Jersey and Adjacent 



Territory 193 



Anti-mosquito work of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment 



Station from 1902 to 191 1, inclusive 195 



Chapter 98, Laws of 1902 195 



Chapter 80, Laws of 1905 196 



Chapter 134, Laws of 1906 198 



Anti-mosquito work of local associations 201 



Anti-mosquito work of the North Shore Improvement Association of 



Long Island 204 



Anti-mosquito work of the American Mosquito Extermination Society 205 



Anti-mosquito work in Greater New York 205 



Unification of anti-mosquito work in New Jersey 205 



Chapter 104, Laws of 1912 206 



Chapter 123, Laws of 1919 208 



The New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association 208 



Summary 210 



A Brief Analysis of the New Jersey Mosquito Problem 210 



Geographical and biological conditions 210 



The salt-marsh mosquito preeminent 212 



Legal organizations for suppressing mosquitoes 212 



The salt-marsh mosquito problem too expensive for counties, State 



should be more generous 213 



State should do initial drainage for control of salt-marsh mosquito, 

 counties can maintain salt-marsh work and attend to fresh-water 



species 213 



Progress made in New Jersey 213 



Results of Mosquito-Control Work in New Jersey 218 



Effect on mosquito prevalence 218 



Effect on industry 221 



Cost of Mosquito Suppression in New Jersey 223 



What Remains to be Done 228 



References 229 



