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such steps looking toward the elimination of Culex pipiens, 

 Aedes sylvestris and other less important species as our appro- 

 priation will permit. As our salt-marsh work progresses and 

 miore money becomes available for fresh-water work, the entire 

 county will be included in an intensive campaign, and in a few 

 years we expect to sound the knell of the mosquito of every 

 stripe within the confines of the county. 



President Brinkerhoee — Gentlemen, you have heard the 

 excellent paper of Mr. Becker. Are there any remarks or any 

 questions regarding it? 



Dr. Wileiam E. Darnai^e — I would like to ask Mr. Becker 

 a geographical question. Just how much does Nassau County 

 include, all of Long Island or the central portions of it? 



Mr. Becker — Nassau County includes the central portion of 

 Long Island, extending north and south from the Sound to the 

 Atlantic. 



President BIrinkErhoee — Are there any further questions 

 or remarks? If not we will proceed to the next paper, ''Prog- 

 ress in Mosquito Control in Greater New York," by Eugene 

 Winship, Assistant Sanitary Engineer for the Department of 

 Health of the City of Greater New York. 



I might take this minute we have to spare to thank the Execu- 

 tive Committee and officers for their loyalty to me during the 

 past year, as my term expires with this meeting. It is certainly 

 a pleasure to preside over and be at the head of an organization 

 such as this, which we believe is the only one of its character in 

 this country. The meetings we have had of the Executive Com- 

 mittee have been very pleasing, and this session has been a very 

 pleasing one to me, with a much larger attendance than I had 

 any idea there would be. 



