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The next letter is from Daniel S. White, president of the 

 Traymore Hotel Company, the hotel where you are holding your 

 meeting : 



"Yours 30th ult. asking my opinion on three questions which you asked 

 received. 



"1. The work of the Commission, in my opinion, has been good, both in its 

 performance and its results. 



"2. I can honestly say I have placed neither mosquito bars nor screens 

 in my rooms this year. I am on the fifth floor of the hotel, and have not 

 seen or been bitten by five mosquitoes in our rooms this year. 



"3. I have traveled little in other localities this summer, but here the 

 mosquito has bten almost an unknown quantity. At the Country Club, where 

 I play golf several times weekly, I should say you have reduced this pest by 

 eighty per cent. "Yours truly, 



"D. S. White." 



The next letter is from Joseph A. McNamee, a prominent 

 banker, Marine Trust Company : 



"1. I am of the opinion that the work of the Commission has resulted in 

 reducing the number of mosquitoes in this community. 



"2. I did not notice a mosquito in my bedroom once during the past 

 summer. 



"3. I am unable to make a comparison of the mosquito condition in this 

 locality with other places, but from reports that came to me I am satisfied 

 that other places suffer more from mosquitoes than we do." 



The next letter is from Brinckle Gummey, a prominent mem- 

 ber of the School Board, and prominent business man. Answer- 

 ing the (first question, he says : 



"1. It has, without a doubt. 



"2. Have not been troubled at all in our bedrooms. 



"3. Atlantic City, to my mind, has been wonderfully benefited by the work 

 of the Commission. 



"The writer made several visits to Cape May during the summer and 

 found the mosquitoes there so thick that there was no rest or peace from 

 them. "Yours truly, 



"Brinckle Gummey/' 



This is the map you looked at a few minutes ago of Atlantic 

 County and the salt marshes. The island on which Atlantic City 

 is situated, the upper part here represents Atlantic City, down 



