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be spent under the direction of the Reclamation Board on mosquito control 

 work. 



These four projects, which were confined to salt marsh areas, were made 

 up as follows: 



Bristol-South Plymouth— from the Rhode Island line ^^^otments 



to Wareham, excluding the town of Marion . . $90,000 



South Shore — from Plymouth to Weymouth, inclusive. 70,000 



North Shore — from the New Hampshire state line to 



Manchester, inclusive ...... 90,000 



South Essex — from Beverly to Revere, inclusive . 20,000 



In addition to the allotments as listed above, these amounts were increased 

 by municipal appropriations and private contributions, as follows: 



Bristol-South Plymouth $2,650 



South Shore 18,200 



North Shore 150 



In November, at the special session of the General Court, a second mes- 

 sage from Governor Ely was instrumental in securing an additional appro- 

 priation of $100,000, under Chapter 465, to continue the work started under 

 Chapter 112. Of this $100,000, allotments were made as follows: 



Bristol-South Plymouth $25,000 



South Shore (including Quincy) .... 40,000 



South Essex 35,000* 



Under the provisions of Chapter 112, work on the salt marshes was in- 

 augurated in the latter part of March and continued throughout the summer 

 months until the money was exhausted, and was resumed again in November 

 with the new appropriation granted under Chapter 465. 



The expenditures on these projects instituted under Chapter 112, during 

 the fiscal year 1931, were as follows: 



Project Expenditures Total 



Bristol-South Plymouth . . . $91,121.91 



South Shore 86,504.46 



North Shore 89,983.96 



South Essex 24,876.92 



$292,487.25 



Expenditures on other than state projects were as follows: 



Cape Cod $119,963.20 



Nantucket 7,526.37 



Belmont-Cambridge- Watertown . 3,262.02 



Natick 142.25 



130,893.84 



Grand Total $423,381.09 



In the four State projects employment was given to a total of 1,372 citi- 

 zens of the Commonwealth, during the fiscal year 1931, all from the ranks 

 of the unemployed, and, in practically every instance, to men with a large 

 number of dependents. Thus, in addition to successful work in controlling 

 mosquito breeding areas along the seacoast of the Commonwealth, a very 

 creditable result was obtained in relieving distress among groups of unem- 

 ployed, many of whom would otherwise have required assistance from wel- 

 fare boards or private charities. 



The work consisted mainly of ditching the salt marsh areas which were 

 found to be breeding, and these ditches in the four State projects totaled 

 as follows: 



Bristol-South Plymouth ...... 335 miles 



South Shore 365 miles 



North Shore 232 miles 



South Essex ........ 56 miles 



♦Part of this to be expended on sod removal in the North Shore area. 



