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Also $50,000 was appropriated to be used in the exter- 

 mination of the G-ypsy Moth. The unexpended balance of 

 the year L890 amounting to $24,460.68 was joined to this. 

 making a total of $74,460.68 of which $69, 247.").") was used. 

 The appropriation for 1892 is $75,000. 



Nails foe Marking Trees. 



By chapter 49 of the Acts of 1891 it was made the duty 

 of the secretary of the Board of Agriculture to procure and 

 furnish nails or spikes, with a head with the letter M 

 plainly impressed upon each, to mayors and aldermen of cities 

 and selectmen of towns, as required by them for the pur- 

 poses of the act. The law went into effect the tirst day of 

 September, 1891. Early in the season, after the passage of 

 the act, effort was made to decide upon and secure the 

 requisite nails. Delay after delay Mas experienced, and it 

 was nearly the first of January before the nails could be 

 sent to the towns having made requests for them. Three 

 sizes of nails were ordered, two and one-quarter, two and 

 three-quarters, and three and one-quarter inches in length. 

 Two sizes of tinned washers were ordered to be used with 

 the nails. 



The following table will show the towns which requested 

 nails, and the number of each size sent: — 



