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of New Brunswick they are the least appreciated in the work; and 

 Dr. Headlee will have to look to his laurels. We must remember the 

 old saying that a prophet is not without honor save in his own coun- 

 try. 



The next on the program is Monmouth County, Dr. G. V. V. 

 Warner, Treasurer of that commission. 



Mr. Harry G. Van Note : Mr. President and gentlemen : Dr. 

 Warner is not here and at the last minute he informed me that he 

 did not have time to prepare a paper because he was so busy that 

 he did not have time to sleep, and so I have jotted down a few notes 

 here this morning which may be interesting so far as I have written 

 them. 



Mr. Harry G. Van Note : The Monmouth County Mosquito 

 Extermination Commission, wishes to emphasize the fact that their 

 work is mainly adapted to the control and maintenance of the salt 

 marsh areas of the county, which number 3,378 acres, stretching 

 from the Raritan Bay, which forms the north boundary to the Man- 

 asquan River forming the southerly boundary of the county, a dis- 

 tance of approximately 32 miles from one extreme point to the other. 



There are some fresh water areas adjacent to the salt marsh, 

 which the commission assumes the responsibility of maintaining 

 freedom from the annoyance of the fresh water species. 



For the past two years it has extended its operations to the fresh 

 water areas further inland whenever the funds available for this 

 purpose would permit. It is also active in initiating and exercising 

 supervision of eliminating and controlling the house mosquito in the 

 large inland towns of the county with very satisfactory results, and 

 as the inhabitants of these various municipalities become more edu- 

 cated to the necessity of mosquito elimination they become more 

 enthused with the work and discover that the small expenditure is 

 infinitesimal in comparison to the result obtained. 



The commission finds that the people in our county are becoming 

 more interested every year as the mosquito elimination work pro- 

 gresses to the extent that they look upon it as an asset rather than an 

 experiment, but the proof had to be shown in order to obtain this 

 optimistic spirit. 



From observations of public sentiment the commission feels that 

 the peak of criticism has been reached and the skeptical have 

 retrenched and become boosters for the work to go on and to be 

 extended to every municipality in the county. 



Mosquito draining ditches have been installed on some of the 



