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. Mosquito Extermination in New York City,” by Thomas Darlington. 
: The Mosquito Question,” by Quitman Kohnke. 
The Relation of Mosquito Extermination to Engineering,” by Cornelius 
C. Vermeule. 
The society continued its work, and justified its organization. In 1907, 
however, it was deemed by the officers of the society that the objects of its exist- 
ence could well be taken over by the National Drainage Association, which had 
been recently formed and which placed among its most prominent motives 
the idea of securing government action in reclaiming the marshes and swamps 
of the country. It was decided that the society should retire from its field of 
work and leave the same to the national government, to State, and other author- 
ities, and to individuals. 
In 1903-1904 work against mosquitoes was undertaken by the State Ento- 
mologist of Connecticut, Dr. W. E. Britton, who made careful mosquito surveys 
over the whole State and who published in his annual report for 1904 a careful 
and well-illustrated article devoted to showing how the mosquito nuisance can 
be abated. Since that time some active work has been taken up. In 1906 the 
Board of Health of Millburn township in New Jersey secured the services of Mr. 
Weeks, and published a pamphlet entitled “ The Mosquito Nuisance in Millburn 
Township and How to Abate It.” 
At Worcester, Mass., an interesting crusade was begun early under the direc- 
tion of Dr. William McKibben and Prof. C. F. Hodge. In Michigan work was 
carried on upon the campus of the Michigan Agricultural College. In Connecti- 
cut work was earlier done at Pine Orchard and Ansonia, as well as at Bridge- 
port, Branford, Fairfield and Hartford; and in Maine at Old Orchard Beach. 
Excellent work was also done at a very early date at Lawrence, Long Island, 
largely against malarial mosquitoes, under the auspices of the Board of Health 
working with an appropriation of $1000 and with a privately contributed fund 
of $1678.54. A small crusade was also carried on at an early date under the 
auspices of the civics committees of the Twentieth Century Club at Richmond 
Hill, Long Island. In the Southern States the Boards of Health at Atlanta 
and Savannah began work in 1903 and certain regulations were enforced. At 
Talladega, Ala., work was also begun in the same year. The excellent work done 
at Morristown, N. J., under an improvement society in 1903 should not be 
forgotten. 
The foregoing examples show what it is possible to do in the way of abating 
the mosquito nuisance and we trust the recounting of them will stimulate many 
to undertake the work. The matter is generally surprisingly easy when once 
the problem is well understood. The most important point to determine first of 
all is the exact species of mosquito concerned, for each species requires radically 
different treatment, as will have been evident to the reader from the fore- 
going. The principal object of the present work, therefore, is to elucidate, as 
far as at present is possible, the differences between all the known species in our 
region, not only the noxious species, but the far more numerous relatively 
harmless kinds, as well as the few actually beneficial ones. To this subject the 
following volumes are devoted. 
