Proceedings of Sixth Annual Meeting 



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Before proceeding with the next county I should like to make 

 an announcement of committees. 



Committee on Resolutions: Mr. Alfred Gaskill, Mr. William 

 Delaney, Mr. Reid Howell. 



On Nominations: Dr. W. E. Darnall, Mr. W. A. Manchee, Mr. 

 John T. Pollitt, and Dr. H. Brinkerhoff . 



On Auditing: Mr. William Porter, Mr. F. W. Bebou, and Mr. 

 Edward W. Jackson. 



The next county to be heard from is Ocean County, Mr. C. H. 

 Cranmer, Member, from Manahawkin. 



Ocean County 



BY C. H. CRANMER, COMMISSIONER 



In looking over the results of mos(^uito extermination work 

 in Ocean County, the Commission is very much gratified with the 

 results, and from reports received from various parts of our County, 

 the public is also. 



No mosquitoes worth mentioning were reported prior to May 

 7, when quite a brood appeared on that date in Bay Head. These 

 proved to be pipiens, and came from the flat marsh in the borough 

 from water drained entirely from the upland and was therefore 

 fresh. Part of this brood was destroyed by the use of oil. This 

 area has since been ditched and properly drained and no further 

 breeding has been noticed. 



On May 17, a small flight oi cantator was experienced at Seaside 

 Park, and more were found breeding in the undrained marshes be- 

 tween Seaside Park and Barnegat Inlet. 



On May 20, a small flight was discovered at Forked River. These 

 were cantator and came from an area close to the upland in a 

 depression not quite reached by some of the ditches. This has 

 since been corrected. 



In the vicinity of Tuckerton some mosquitoes made their ap- 

 pearance on May 21, with camouflaged legs and bill. An inspection 

 of the nearby meadows at this time would have convinced the most 

 skeptical of the efliciency of our system of drainage. On no part 

 of the near five thousand acres southeast of Tuckerton that had 

 been drained during the past year by County and State, was there 

 any breeding found, although the ditches had not had their spring 



