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worked out at a reasonable cost, and that if the Commissioners 

 were sincere in their efforts, and could make the public believe 

 in their sincerity and show some results as the time went on, the 

 work would be generally supported. Among the propositions 

 which were made by Mr. Gies, and which appealed to me, was 

 one of securing the cooperation of property owners. In the 

 county of Bergen, which adjoins Passaic, there are about fifty- 

 four small municipalities, and in most of these municipalities 

 there has been active cooperation by the Boards of Health with 

 the Mosquito Commission of the county of Bergen. The same 

 condition applies, I understand, in Union County, and the result 

 of the work in these counties has been particularly gratifying. 

 -The Commissions throughout the State should endeavor to secure 

 a like cooperation with all Boards of Health and municipal 

 bodies. 



The most serious problem with which Passaic County is con- 

 cerned is that of the Passaic River. During the past year this 

 work was taken up and much good accomplished. 



The President — Now we will hear from Mr. Robert F. 

 Engle, of Ocean County, a good friend of mosquito work. 



Mr. Engine — Last year I was here by accident, and when the 

 roll was called and Ocean County was mentioned nobody spoke 

 up, so a substitute had to be found, and Mr. Miller undertook 

 to explain how he sailed up and clown the Barnegat Bay, and he 

 made some vilifying remarks about the hotels there, and, though 

 he didn't mention any hotel names, he did mention some towns, 

 and Dr. Headlee asked me to say something. He thought the 

 impression that was left "in the minds of the Convention was not 

 exactly right, because he had been to Beach Haven and he 

 knew better, and he asked me to make some defense. I made 

 some explanation about Ocean County, but I don't know how 

 much defense there was in it. 



Ocean County had had a Mosquito Commission for two years, 

 but hadn't had any meeting and hadn't done anything. Since 

 that time some vacancies have occurred in the Board, and we 

 have reorganized and we have done something. Ocean County 



