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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



[Vol. 8 



To a certain extent this county lies within reach of the Hackensack 

 Valley, Staten Island, and Newark Bay salt marshes. 



At this point it should be said that, with the exception of the 8,378 

 acres of salt marsh along the upper courses of the Hackensack, an 

 effort has been made to drain all these salt marshes, and that only to a 

 minor extent do the mosquitoes bred on this exception trouble counties 

 A, B and C. 



The Work of Control 



Inasmuch as the plan of organizing a mosquito fighting machine has 

 already been briefly described to this Association, it is sufficient to say 

 that the work of control naturally divides into administration (the 

 management of the work), inspection (the finding of the breeding 

 places), and elimination (the destruction of breeding places). Neces- 

 sary to all three phases is the equipment (tools and apparatus), and 

 education (acquainting the people with the nature and progress of the 

 work) . 



Administration 



Under the head of administration is included the necessary ex- 

 penses of the commissioners, and the salary and expenses of the chief 

 inspector and of his deputies, and of the necessary clerical force. The 

 expenses of the commissioners are small or none. The number of 

 deputies and the size of the clerical force are variable. County A has 

 no deputies and has one person to do all the clerical work. County 

 B has two deputies, one clerk and one stenographer. County C has 

 one deputy and one stenographer. The variation in percentage of the 

 total expenditure devoted to administration is, however, small — 

 County A spending 13 per cent and 14 per cent in 1913 and 1914 

 respectively. County B, 12 per cent, 12 per cent and 14 per cent in 

 1912, 1913 and 1914; and County C, 9 per cent, 13 per cent and 17 

 per cent in 1912, 1913 and 1914. 



Inspection 



Inspection includes all work done to find the breeding places of the 

 mosquitoes, and means on the upland the complete examination of 

 the entire territory approximately every two weeks throughout the 

 four to five months of the breeding season. On the salt marsh it 

 usually means the complete examination of the marsh following each 

 flooding by extra high tide or heavy rainfall. 



These examinations are made in different ways. County A has 

 made a practice of assigning a district to one inspector and giving him 

 some laborers. County B in 1912 and 1913 assigned a district to each 



