64 N. J. Mosquito Extermination Association 



DITCHING IN SECTIONS 



Feet 



Pond Creek 103,490 



Mill Creek 197,056 



Cape May 59,050 



Ocean City (state work) 



Beesley's Point 367,000 



South Cape May 58,817 



New England 73,5ii 



Cox Hall 51,650 



Two Mile Beach 56,474 



Spicer's Marsh 35,i88 



Fishing Creek 81,575 



Shaws Meadows 4,860 



Wildwood 178,013 



Sea Isle City 15,910 



West Cape May 1,200 



Anglesea 6,630 



Anglesea, Stone Harbor, Court House 100,000 



Green Creek 8,181 



Now we have also one thing more. Very little help has been 

 given to us by any of the local authorities or municipalities. Cape 

 May City has, through its board of health, attended to one very 

 important item, and that is the oiling of the sewer inlets, of which we 

 have about one hundred and fifty in our district. The Board of 

 Health of Cape May City has paid the bill for this commission to do 

 the work, inasmuch as they had no conveniences to do it themselves. 

 Now all the other municipalities along the shore haven't done any- 

 thing, have not yet got awake to their own local interests. Cape 

 May Point and West Cape May in two previous years contributed 

 about $200 to the work which this commission has done in their 

 territory, but since then nothing ; nothing for this year. 



I believe that is about all, Mr. President. (Applause). 



President Rider : We will now pass from New Jersey to Con- 

 necticut. We will hear from Dr. Britton, State Entomologist of 

 Connecticut. 



Mr. Seeley : Dr. Britton was unable to come down here today, 

 and I have been in direct charge of this work and he has asked me to 

 read the paper. 



The Connecticut law provides that three-fourths of the cost of 

 new work be provided locally, the other fourth to be borne by the 

 state; then the Director of the station can make contracts and 

 supervise the work, and the bills will be paid upon order of the State 



