Proceedings of Eighth Annual Meeting 93 



suspected points of breeding within the territory where control work 

 is going on. 



In connection with the Shipping Board during the war I went to 

 Wilmington, North Carolina, at the outset in fact, before au}^ work 

 was there. I was on the ground when the $30,000 was raised in the 

 City of Wilmington and the adjacent county. Wilmington had ten 

 thousand acres of old rice land lying just across the river, ten 

 thousand acres; dikes all gone, nearly, just traces of them; tide 

 gates absolutely gone, most of the flumes gone; and in addition to 

 that it had a number of cypress swamps nearby the town. 



Well, they raised $30,000. The United States Public Health Service 

 added some to it, and they went ahead. I heard only one report ; but 

 believe me, if they completely drained that ten thousand acres of 

 old rice land, which is only slightly above tide level, they have done 

 a whale of a job at Wilmington. And I don't know — I didn't go 

 further down the coast, but I did see the situation at Wilmington 

 and had a chance to study it. 



I thoroughly agree with Dr. Hoffman that if you will evaluate 

 these factors which are mentioned, which are the ones, so far as 

 New Jersey is concerned, that seem to be important, you can get a 

 reliable basis on the efficiency of your mosquito control work. I 

 know some of the men in this room do not agree with me on the 

 use of the night collection as a detective measure, but it is like a 

 good many other educational factors. Let's give time and it will 

 work out. Either they will be convinced or I will be convinced. 

 And I hope that it will work out so that they will be convinced, 

 because I believe it to be one of the best detective measures that we 

 can get. (Applause). 



President Rider : Next in order on the program is the business 

 meeting and Dr. Headlee, I guess, has prepared some sort of a pro- 

 gram. I can't tell you what it will be. 



Report of the Secretary. We will hear the report of the Secre- 

 tary. 



Report of the Secretary 



In accordance with the direction of the Executive Committee 

 1500 copies of the Proceedings of the seventh annual meeting of the 

 New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association have been printed 

 and with the exception of 200 they were distributed to the county 

 commissions as follows : 



