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form of amendments to the present law, blit as a new law, 

 including what it is desirable to preserve of chapter 444 of the 

 Acts of 1909 and also of chapter 103 of Resolves of 1911, and 

 a draft of such a law has been prepared and is now in the hands 

 of the secretary. 



Financial Statement. 

 Appropriation (by resolve), .... $10,000 00 

 Appropriation (annual), .... 2,000 00 



$12,000 00 



Compensations of inspectors, . . . $3,332 50 

 Traveling and necessary expenses, . 2,773 IG 



Expenses of inspectors engaged in gypsy 

 moth work, salaries paid by United 



States, 3,600 86 



Supplies (postage, printing, etc.), . . 79 21 



Clerical services, 25 00 



Salary of chief inspector, .... 220 83 



10,031 56 



Unexpended balance, $1,968 44 



Nearly all of the details of the field work of the season, to- 

 gether with the supervision of the men on the work, has been 

 in charge of Deputy W. S. Regan, to whose skill and supervision 

 the success achieved has been due, and it is only fitting that 

 this should be recognized here. To the secretary of the Board 

 is due the statement that his interest in the work has been 

 manifested in many and most effective ways, and is much 

 appreciated. 



A list of the nurserymen of Massachusetts, Dec. 1, 1911, is 

 appended. 



Respectfully submitted, 



11, T, FERNALD, 



State Nursery Inspector. 



