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sentatives from Bergen, Hudson, Essex and Union. The meet- 

 ings was called at the request of Dr. Headlee, who outlined a 

 "get together" plan for these counties which border on each 

 other. The plan was to have a committee appointed consisting 

 of two members from each county, to act in a co-operative way 

 as an advisory committee to rid the marshes of the salt-marsh 

 mosquito. I believe such a plan would work out very satisfac- 

 torily. It means co-operation on the part of all, and there can 

 be no doubt of its ultimate success. 



The value of the mosquito work as shown in my own county 

 was very forcibly brought to my attention last Tuesday evening. 

 I met a gentlemian whom, I did not think had any interest at all 

 in mosquito work, but I am of the opinion fromi what he said 

 that he must be one of the large number of men who joined the 

 state association when we were adding to the membership of 

 the association. He said that he had received a program of this 

 meeting and he congratulated the Hudson County Commission, 

 and said that in the part of Jersey City in which he lived it was 

 possible now to sit on his porch without its being screened, and 

 that he had no use for a canopy over his bed, whereas a few 

 years ago there was no comfort because of the pest. I believe 

 that a great majority of the people of the state feel the same 

 way. 



We have, as I have said, a number of papers on our program 

 that will be of more interest than any talk that I can give you. 

 They are from practical workers in the field. We will now start 

 on the symposium. Any discussion of these papers will take 

 place as soon as the reader has finished. If there are any ques- 

 tions you would like to ask do' so quickly, for if no one arises 

 to address the chair we will g^o on to^ the next paper. 



Anyone who desires to discuss a paper will, upon arising, 

 announce his name and the county from which he comes, in 

 order that ^he stenographer may have it properly recorded in 

 the transactions. 



The first paper of the symposium will be "Progress in Mos- 

 quito Work in Hudson County," by Hon. Thomas M. Donnelly. 

 Mr. Donnelly was a member of the Assembly at the time the 



