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the entire territory is being covered with more or less adequate funds 

 there has been a good deal of private development, notably in Essex 

 and Union and in Bergen and to some extent in Hudson. In Union I 

 believe that private expenditures in one year equaled the county 

 expenditures of that year. In Essex they are dealing with large 

 ponds that have been impounded, streams that have been impounded 

 and ponds formed for power and manufacturing purposes, in some 

 cases pleasure. Now the Essex Commission has taken the position 

 that that procedure obligates the concern bringing the impounding 

 about to take care of mosquito breeding, and it has been able in 

 the way which Dr. Hunt mentioned and which Mr. Jackson explained 

 last year to put it over in good shape, and the educative value of that 

 thing is tremendous. 



Now passing to counties like Middlesex and Monmouth, where the 

 appropriations have always been small, owing to the fact that there 

 was such a heavy proportion of the population in the back country, 

 in those counties the moneys have been placed on the salt marsh, 

 but I believe I am safe in saying with very satisfactory results ; that 

 the amount of work accomplished for the amount of money expended 

 is amazing. The commissions have then turned around and said to 

 the local authorities of borough and cities, "We have the salt marsh 

 mosquito under control. If you will expend enough to take care of 

 your local conditions your people can have adequate protection." 



And we are seeing this year the results of that type of campaign. 

 A very considerable number of towns and boroughs have taken up 

 and are supporting local campaigns under the direction of the 

 mosquito commission. The results obtained in past years have 

 in many cases been amazing. In all cases they have been very sat- 

 isfactory. In the Borough of Metuchen that sort of campaign 

 has been on for a number of years and the pipiens mosquito, 

 that is, the mosquito that breeds in the borough limits primarily, 

 has been conspicuous mostly by its absence. Of course that does 

 not take care of Metuchen entirely, because there is the Dismal 

 Swamp area, as was mentioned. But even that area, since the people 

 of Metuchen realized that that was the source of their trouble, plans 

 "were called for for taking care of that particular area and plans 

 were made, money is being raised from local sources to take care of 

 that area. 



Now the educative effect of that sort of campaign is tremendous 

 and I have tremendous hopes of the results of that sort of a move- 

 ment. I am not at all discouraged with the small amount of moneys 



