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THE GYPSY MOTH. 



Amoimts hrought forward., .... $13,457 46 $25,539 32 



Expended ik 1891 by the State Board of 

 Agricultuke. 



Expenses of committee in charge of 



the work, 8121 53 



Director's salary, seven and one-half 



months, 1,500 00 



Advising entomologist's salary and ex- 

 penses, ...... 280 84 



Wages of employees, .... 41,096 86 



Other expenses, including travelling 

 expenses, teaming, rent, supplies and 



tools, 12.790 86 



55,790 09 



Total expended in 1891, .... 69,247 55 



Expended ix 1892 by the State Board of Agriculture. 



Expenses of the committee in charge of the work, $130 49 



Director's salary, 2,400 00 



Advising entomologist's salary and expenses, . 525 60 



Wages of employees, 69,505 03 



Other expenses, including travelling expenses, 



teamino', rent, supplies and tools, . . . 11,979 84 



" 74,540 96 



Expexded IX 1893 by the State Board of Agriculture. 

 Expenses of committee in charge of the work, . $110 28 



Director s salary, 2,400 00 



Advising entomologist's salary and expenses, . 730 16 



Wages of employees, 59,039 65 



Other expenses, including travelling expenses, 



teaming, rent, supplies and tools, . . . 13.647 39 



75,927 48 



Total expended to Jan. 1, 1894, $245,255 31 



The estimates called for must, from the nature of the attending 

 circumstances, be only opinions. The plans for the work of 1893, 

 for which an appropriation of 8165,000 was asked, contemplated 

 a careful tree to tree search of all the forest land within the in- 

 fested territory. This search would have cost a very large sum ; 

 but as only sixty per cent, of the sum asked was appropriated, 

 this, with much other work planned for the central district, was 

 necessarily postponed. It was decided that the work of extermi- 

 nation in the outer infested towns and the inspection of the terri- 

 tory surrounding them still further out was most necessary and 

 would contribute most toward extermination. Were the uncer- 



