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writer has been always at the service of iudividuals or bodies that 

 desired to do practical work. 



It is fair, perhaps, to refer here to the fact that, while in New 

 Jersey the progress has not been in all respects so great as was hoped, 

 other states have been influenced by her example, and the work done 

 here has borne fruit elsewhere. The nearest point is New York, 

 where the Staten Island work is of direct importance to us; but 

 New Jersey methods have been adopted on the Pacific coast as well, 

 some of the most desirable suburbs of San Francisco having been 

 redeemed from the domination of a mosquito very similar in appear- 

 ance and habits to one of our eastern marsh species. 



All the conclusions reached in the report of 1904 have been con- 

 firmed by those that have investigated the subject, and in most of 

 the Southern States active campaigns are now in progress or in 

 contemplation. 



There is practically no expressed doubt among medical men of 

 the importance of mosquitoes in the transmission of disease, and the 

 recent fight against yellow fever in New Orleans was conducted 

 exclusively on the basis of such agency. So the exercise of the 

 quarantine regulations at the port of New York is laid upon the same 

 foundation. While not all mosquitoes are known to be direct trans- 

 mitters of disease, there are none that are desirable or in any way 

 useful, and there is absolutely no reason why, in New Jersey, we 

 should continue to sufl^er from them, except the feeling that it will 

 cost too much. 



To answer this point, Mr. Brelimc, whose experience in marsh work 

 fits him most excellently for that purpose, was instructed to make a 

 complete superficial survey of the salt marsh area from Jersey City 

 to Cape May, and from the Cape along the bay shore and Delaware 

 river, estimating the cost of drainage or filling at all points. 



Lest it should seem as if such an estimate were mere guess work, it 

 should be noted that for the thirty miles of marsh area on Staten 

 Island, Mr. Brehme's estimate was slightly over what a responsible 

 contractor agreed to do it for, and that his estimates on the Newark 

 and Elizabeth marshes were always well within the limit for which 

 good work was accomplished. I have little doubt that the amounts 

 here given will be sufficient in most cases, and if in any case local 

 conditions cause an increase, it would be balanced by the liberal 

 estimates on the ffenoral work. It should also be noted that there is 



