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quately, it has in mind a solution of the fresh-water problem as 

 well. This means that either the fresh-water work must be sup- 

 ported by local funds or the county must be induced to provide 

 a larger sum of money. Educational work has been and is now 

 being carried on to the end that the one or the other of these 

 methods may be adopted. It is the belief of the commission that 

 the best results are likely to follow the initiative of county-wide 

 work, and it is also the belief of the commission that the success- 

 ful prosecution of local mosquito campaigns will materially aid 

 in obtaining that end. 



Like other counties, Monmouth realizes the great need of 

 mechanical means for the cleaning and recutting of salt-marsh 

 ditches but has not as yet been able to make any progress in the 

 development of such a machine. 



The completion of the Inland Sea Level Waterway, extending 

 from Cape May to the Shrewsbury River, will be a great ad- 

 vantage, in the commission's belief, to the work of salt-marsh 

 mosquito extermination. This canal will parallel the Atlantic 

 Ocean and run along a line at a distance of from one to two miles 

 west of the beach. The deepest cuts will be through Monmouth 

 County, where approximately fifty feet of land will have to be 

 removed. The surplus dirt can be placed on scows, and moved 

 along the canal and dumped on the natural mosquito-breeding 

 grounds located along its route. This canal will soon be com- 

 pleted from Cape May to the Manasquan River. 



Prj:sidknt BrinkErhoi^i^ — Are there any questions any one 

 would like to ask? 



Mr. Ai^i^rkd Gaskii.1, (Mercer County) — I would like to ask 

 Mr. Van Note if there is any question of the malarial mosquito 

 entering into the problem in Monmouth County. There is, I 

 understand, a military camp in that county. There was such a 

 very satisfactory report from Bergen that I should like to be in- 

 formed as to conditions in Monmouth. 



Mr. Van Note — The only mosquitoes we found around Camp 

 Vail were pipiens. We visited the camp on three or four occa- 

 sions and consulted the persons who had the health matter in 

 charge. During a period of about three weeks they were very 

 much troubled with pipiens. That is the only species we were 



