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borough president and some residents of Staten Island, I detailed Mr. 

 Brehme to cover the marsh area and estimate the amount needed to 

 drain the dangerous portions. His report showed that $17,000 might 

 be required, but would be sufficient, and an application to the Kew 

 York Board of Estimate and Apportionment resulted in the appropria- 

 tion of that amount. A contract was finally let for the drainage of all 

 the mosquito-breeding marsh area on Staten Island Avithin the amount 

 estimated, and that work is now under way. It will be carefully 

 watched by the office; but there is every reason to believe that before 

 the opening of the season of 1906 Staten Island will be practically 

 mosquito free, and will, at all events, have disappeared as a menace 

 to New Jersey. It is believed that the work done and time sj)ent on 

 Staten Island resulted in a direct benefit to New Jersey. 



Sheepshead Bay, L. I., and its vicinity have long suffered from 

 mosquito attack and, partly to reclaim the salt marsh and partly to 

 fill the breeding areas, elaborate plans of using ashes and dry refuse 

 as collected in the city were made. Mr. Brehme and myself, alone and 

 in company, made several visits to these dumping grounds and secured 

 a good series of photogi-aphs showing the manner of doing the work. 

 It is believed that in some localities similar methods may be employed 

 and even more effectively than on Long Island. Simply to obtain 

 information as to conditions in comparison with New Jersey, several 

 trips were made during the summer to Astoria, Greenpoint, College 

 Point, Flushing, etc., and some of the main sources of the Brooklyn 

 mosquito supply were located. Most of this work was done by the 

 writer, personally, as opportunity served during the season. 



Much of the time of the office, as it thus appears, was devoted to 

 the region containing the largest number of inliabitants and where, in 

 the past the mosquito pest has been most seriously felt. While it has 

 not been possible to accomplish as much as was hoped, nevertheless 

 conditions have been materially improved, and matters will continue 

 to become more satisfactory each year, as the feasibility of mosquito 

 control becomes apparent. 



At the request of the Board of Health of New Brunswick, formally 

 made to the Director, the source of the mosquitoes troubling that city 

 was located and proved to be almost entirely out of the city limits, and 

 along the banks of the lower Raritan valley — the Amboy district. A 

 formal report was made to the board, and copies were sent to the 

 jDroper officers of the municipalities where the breeding area was sit- 



