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GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. 



[Jan. 



ment! The winter work against both the brown-tail moth and 

 the gypsy moth is done by the same gang of men and at the same 

 time. When a man goes into a tree, he clears it of both brown- 

 tail moth webs and gypsy moth egg clusters, and to make such 

 a separation as required would involve an endless amount of 

 bookkeeping, as well as an enormous expense. 



As far as possible, we have obtained complete returns from 

 all cities and towns showing their expenditures in the work 

 against the gypsy and brown-tail moths up to the close of the- 

 fiscal year, Nov. 30, 1908. There are, as usual, a certain 

 number of dilatory municipalities whose accounts are not yet 

 made up, while in other cases certain items of expense which 

 appear to be open to question are held pending adjustment. As 

 previously mentioned, the balance carried forward from Nov. 

 30, 1907, $75,734.83, was largely paid out in reimbursement 

 to towns which had failed to make returns at the time of clos- 

 ing the books. Por the same reason, the balance of $1,223.37 

 on hand Nov. 30, 1908, is apparent rather than real,, and wiU 

 doubtless be disbursed during the current month. 



General appropriation : — ■ 

 Balance from 1907, . 

 Appropriation for 1908, 

 Appropriation of June 8, 1908, 

 Credit for cash returned, . 



Office expenses : — 

 Management, 

 Salaries of clerks, 

 Eent, . 

 Stationery and postage, 

 Printing, 

 Experts, 

 Supplies and furniture. 

 Sundries, 

 Educational work, 



Field expenses : — 

 Wages of employees, 

 Travelling expenses of 

 Supplies, 



employees. 



Amounts carried forward, 



3,642 01 $375,745 68 



