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the last ought to exterminate the moth from these towns. 

 The condition of Lynn is much improved, and that of Bel- 

 mont, Stonehani and Arlington considerably so. More 

 than eight hundred colonies of the moth, situated mostly in 

 the foregoing towns, have now been exterminated. 



The other towns and cities in the infested region are in 

 somewhat better condition than in 1892, but a much greater 

 improvement might have been made had the appropriation 

 been larger. The district comprising Saugus, Revere, 

 Everett, Chelsea, East Boston, Maiden, Medford, Melrose, 

 Somerville and Cambridge was the one necessarily neglected 

 during some parts of the year in order that the work in the 

 other towns might l)e thoroughly done. This policy was 

 unavoidable through a lack of funds sufficient to keep the 

 whole region under constant inspection. Tltis necessitates 

 a continual duplication year after year of the work done in 

 these towns and continually defers the fined extermination of 

 the moth. 



Number of Men Employed Each Week. 



