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cloiuU of mosqiii(<u's numy times in the euurse of one season. I 

 ain informed that there is a good sewerage system in Mount Holly, 

 :iiid if all dwellings were Gonn(X'fed with this these surface sewagre 

 pciols would he ei'a<licated." 



In order to hring the matter more prominently before the pub- 

 lic, IMr, Dicherson delivered a lecture on the subject, June 11th, 

 detailing the life history of the offending species and explaining 

 just how the nieasui'es proposed were expected to produce the 

 desired result. 



The Improvement Association also republished the figiires of 

 the "Mosquito and tlie Puddle," tirst sent out by the Village Im- 

 pro\ement Society of South Orange, and continued its campaign 

 of education throughout the season. Unfortunately it proved im- 

 jiossible to secure the active co-operation of the authorities, and 

 the character of the reason was such that, with the supply found 

 by ]\rr. Grossbeck to^ start on, every rain pool developed house 

 mos(juitoes when the rains came. 



Mount Holly is out of the range of the salt nu^rsh species. Its 

 probh'm is a purely local one; is of such a character as to require 

 only the simplest sort of local work, and such as to enable it to 

 seciu'e almost ciim[)I;-te exemption by permanent improvements 

 of not too expensive a character. It would be a reflection upon 

 the intelligence of tlie municipal government should such condi- 

 tions be allowed to remain much longer, especially where the board 

 of health has ani|>le power to compel abatement. 



Other Liooal "Work. 



At the requests of either individuals or of the health or mimici- 

 pal authorities, local inspections were also made at Ivahway, South 

 Amboy, Barnegat City, Irvington, Plaintield, Montelair and Pat- 

 erson, and in most eases reports were made to the parties con- 

 cerned or Avho requested the investigations. Other communities 

 sent in specimens f(n' determination and a few localities were col- 

 lected over for our own information. 



Tlie outcome of ULOSt of these inspections was to determine that 

 the frequent rains and sultry weather of the late summer had fur- 

 nished breeding plaees for C. pipiens in altogether unusual num- 

 bers ; that every de[)iression that could hold water was filled, and 

 that wrigglers were present in almost every instance. 



