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of laborers continued the cleaning and prevented breeding on the 

 drained meadows with one exception. This occurred north of the 

 new Atlantic City Boulevard, the brood maturing before the clean- 

 ing was completed. 



No. 4. The cost for new ditching installed was $6,701.16 (and 

 it will be noted that on account of the higher cost of labor, etc., 

 the lineal foot cost was about double previous low records.) Main- 

 tenance of old ditching cost $4,199.51, making the cost per 1000 

 feet for new ditching $16.43, and for cleaning old ditches $7.69 

 per 1000 feet, not including overhead expenses. 



The cost of fresh water work has not varied materially from 

 last year. Eleven inspectors were employed and their wages amount- 

 ed to $3,771.72, while $264.17 was expended for fuel oil. 



Our chief inspector has summarized our expenditures for the 

 year on a percentage basis as follows : 



Total expenditures from Dec. 1, 1917, to Dec. 1, 1918. 



Salt Marsh Drainage 



New work, including — Repairs and renewals, 



Equipment, 



Transportation of employees, 



Gasoline and oil. 

 Box drains. 



Labor 29.52% 



Maintenance on 5,459,585 feet Old ditches 18.507o 



Fresh Water Work 



Including oil. wages for 11 insnectors 17.76% 



Motor vehicles — including purchase and maintenance of auto- 

 mobiles and motorcycles 6.01% 



Salaries — including chief inspector. 



Assistant chief inspector, 



Bookkeeper and stenographer 17.70% 



Interest and discoimt 1.38% 



Offce expense — including rent, telephone, stationery and petty cash.. 3.M% 



Printing annual report 0.76% 



Miscellaneous — including employers' liability insurance, solicitor, 



publicity and incidental expenses 4.76% 



Total 100.00% 



Summary of Fresh Water Work 



Number of yards and lets inspected 18,113 



Total number of inspections 146.100 



Actual breeding places found and treated 2,387 



