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THE GYPSY :VIOTH. 



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and the moth stamped out in these woodlands only by the 

 immediate provision of ample means, which will insure the 

 destruction of the eggs before May 1, 1897. 



The condition of the towns which are or have been in- 

 fested may be quickly seen by a glance at the following list. 

 Brookline is not included in this list, as the first inspection 

 of this place is not yet finished. 



Places formerly infested, not found infested in 1896. — Beverly, 

 Charlestown, Danvers, Nahant, Reading. 



Places in ivliich only One Locality has been found infested in 1896. — 

 Roxbury, South Boston. 



Other places in tvhich the Moth appears to be nearly exterminated. — 

 Brighton, Burlington, Chelsea, Marblehead, Somerville, Swampscott, 

 Wakefiekl, Waltham, Watertown, Winthrop. 



Places in which the Moth is now found only in Limited Areas. — 

 Boston, East Boston, Lexington, Lynn, Lynnfield, Peabody. 



Places Large Portions of tvhich have been cleared from the Moth, — 

 Cambridge, Revere, Salem, Saugus, Stoneham. 



Places more or less generally infested. — Arlington, Belmont, Everett, 

 Maiden, Medford, Winchester. 



Number of Employees in 1896. 

 The figures given below do not fully represent the number 

 of employees enrolled on the pay roll, which at the height of 

 the season considerably exceeded three hundred, but give the 

 number of those actually at work each week. There are 

 always some absentees, on account of sickness or leave of 

 absence. 



