EXPERIMENT STATION EEPORT. 617 



development of the eoiimioii house, mosquito, Cidex jiipiohs, and 

 this was present in akogethcr unusual abundance late in summer. 



Tlie wliol^ matter was in the hands of Mr. Brehme, and he 

 reports a total of twenty-nine inspections during the season with 

 the following re'sults : 



January 11th, investigated the work in progress at Bound creek 

 to learn whether the dredgers were interfering with the drainage. 

 Found that ditches had been dug outside the embankment limiting 

 the area to be tilled and no interference. 



April Oth, found a new railroad embankment being run across 

 the Hamburg Place section of the meadow without regard to the 

 drainage scheme, blocking ditches and interrupting the course of 

 a creek, which threatened -to tuni a safe meadow into a bog hole. 

 The board of health was notified, and thev, in turn, served the 

 offending railroad eumpaiiy with notice to restore drainage. This 

 order was evei^tually complied with, as insiK-etions made April 

 21st and 20th determined. 



April 2Ith, an investigation was made as to the effect of some 

 dumping operations on one of the drained sections, and it was 

 found that this, too, was being done without regard to the drain- 

 age. Tlie contractors were ordered to cease dumping and a new 

 outlet was established into the bay, so that live water was ad- 

 mitted into the ditches. Tp to this time the meadow was in good 

 condition everywhere, and no mosquito breeding was going O'U 

 anywhere. 



May 7th, the Bloomfield avenue area was inspected. This in 

 previous years had been a breeding place for a number of the 

 spring species, but was now so densely overgrown that only a few 

 insigiiifieant pools renuiined, and in these only a, few C. camadensis 

 larva.^ were found. 



]\ray 14th, an evening tour was made to determine whether any 

 si)ecimens from the salt nuirshes were to be found. Only isolated 

 examples could be found, Avhere in previous years, at the same 

 season, they criuld be swejA up by the quart, in stores. 



May IGth, the lower section of the city was inspected for the 

 ])oard of health, to determine whether a suspected area was a 

 bi-eeding place for salt marsh species. The area was found to be a 

 fresh- water swamp section, without indication of present mosquito 

 danger . 



