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system should not be maintained and this marsh, area kept free 

 from breeding phiees in the future. The sum of $375 was certified 

 from the fund a]ipropriated under the law of 1905 to assist in the 

 comjiletion of this work. 



Shrewsbury River Area. 



An account of the work done at Moimiouth Beach and other 

 points along the Shrewsbury river has been given in previous re- 

 ports, and the entire region to Long Branch has been kept under 

 more or less constant observation during the summer by Mr. 

 Brehme. The area at Port-au-Peck had not been included in the 

 work done in previous years, and proved a source of annoyance to 

 the residents of the region that had already been drained. So well 

 convinced were these that the drainage work was a success for the 

 purpose for which it was intended that they raised money by sub- 

 scription to get rid of the last breeding area within their jurisdic- 

 tion. This Port-au-Peck marsh had been in the market for some 

 time, but an intending purchaser had incautiously been taken upon 

 it in a mosquito season, and his intentions changed straightway. 

 The character of the drainage required was detennined by Mr. 

 Brehme and repiirted upon, and work was begun early in April, 

 when the first brood of laiwa^ had just made its appearance. The 

 work was laid out so as to get through the woi*st breeding sections 

 first, and the main ditches were so placed as to run off the gTeatest 

 possible amount of surface water in the least possible time. Ex- 

 aminations were made April iTth and 2Tth, and again on May 2d, 

 when the work was found to be completed, and a certificate to that 

 effect was given the contractor. Xot a specimen of this brood was 

 allowed to get on the wing. 



June 17th the whole marsh area was found to be in excellent 

 condition and not a marsh mosquito was found, but some C. pipieus 

 had been bred in gutters and cesspools, .and these were in evidence. 

 July 5th, marsh conditions continued to be good, but town condi- 

 tions were worse. Tlie surface water due to rains had not been 

 kept down, and C. plpiens was becoming more numerous. On 

 August 7th mattei's had become so much worse that a systematic 

 inspection was made, the breeding pools and gutters were enumer- 

 ated and located, and a report was made to the Monmouth Beach 

 Protective Association. This report was later referred to the board 

 of h(^lth and acted upon. 



