298 BOARD OF AGRICULTUIiE. [Pub. Doc. 



Report op the Gypsy Moth CosonTTEE op the State Board of 

 Agriculture to the House of Representatives, 



Under the Order of Jan. 15, 1894. 



On Jan. 15, 1894, after the Gypsy Moth Committee had 

 submitted its annual report to the Legislature, the House of 

 Eepresentatives adopted the fallowing Order : — 



Ordered, That the State Board of Agriculture be instructed to 

 report in writing to the General Court on or before the first day of 

 February next the following facts and estimates relative to the 

 work of exterminating the gypsy moth : — 



1. The amount appropriated and amount expended annually for 

 such purpose since the work began. 



2. The amount per year which, in the estimation of said board, 

 it will be necessary to expend upon such work during the next ten 

 years. 



3. Whether, in the estimation of said board, it will be neces- 

 sary to continue the work of extermination for an indefinite period. 



4. If it will not be necessary to continue said work for an in- 

 definite period, what is the probable limit of time during which it 

 will be necessary to continue said work, and what will be the 

 probable necessary expenditure therefor, in the aggregate, after 

 the expiration of ten years from date. 



To the Senate and House of Eepresentatives of the Commonwealth of 



Massachusetts. 



In response to an order of the Legislature, undei date of 

 Jan. 15, 1894, the State Board of Agriculture, by its Gypsy 

 Moth Committee, presents the following ' ' facts and esti- 

 mates relative to the work of exterminattng the gypsy moth." 

 The amounts of appropriations and expenditures have been 

 reported in the several annual reports of the committee, and 

 a summary of the same appears in the report of the work 

 of 1893, now in tlie hands of the Legislature. The original 

 bills and pay-rolls, showing the details of all expenditures, 

 may be found in the office of the State Auditor in the State 

 House. 



The following is a condensed account of the appropria- 

 tions made and the amounts expended annually : — 



