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sea coast the great Empire State actually owns, and, of course. 

 Long Island must not be left behind in anything, particularly 

 when it comes to the mosquito problem. 



When we can point to the actual results obtained in New 

 Jersey, and in Greater New York and Nassau County, and the 

 great results obtained by Uncle Sam in Panama, it Avould seem 

 as though the most pessimistic old-timer would give up and join 

 our ranks. 



President Meyers — The next paper is by a gentleman from 

 whom we are always glad to hear. We have heard from him at 

 previous meetings, and I know we are glad to hear from Mir. 

 Eugene Winship, who will tell us about the 



Recent Development of Mosquito Work in Greater New York. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : Pursuant to a request for 

 a paper on the recent development of mosquito extermination 

 work in Greater New York, I have the honor to present for your 

 consideration the following. With the exception of a brief 

 resume, it is my intention to confine myself to the development 

 of the work as we found it during the year of 1921. 



Since the inception of the work in 19013 to the present time the 

 City of New York has been extremely active in the crusade for 

 the elimination of the mosquito. Taking into consideration the 

 difficulties encountered, financially and otherwise, it gives me 

 extreme pleasure to submit the following facts : 



From 1903 to December 31, 192 1, we have dug in our salt 

 marsh and fresh water swamps 14,207,665 feet of ditches and 

 maintained same by an annual and per diem force of laborers 

 supervised by trained and efficient foremen at an annual cost of 

 $50,000. The total cost to date, including initial contract work, 

 is $484,935.45. This does not include the amount of work done 

 by private interests which we estimate at $750,000. The initial 

 drainage of our salt marsh area has been completed, and our 

 oiling squad is being continued pending permanent improve- 

 ments. One hundred barrels of fuel oil are distributed from 

 March ist to November ist annually. 



Relative to the recent development of mosquito work in 

 Greater New York, we learned, after reviewing our activities 

 during the past year, that the following problems must be solved 

 in order to permanently eliminate the mosquito as far as it can 

 be accomplished by human agency. 



Despite the fact that we have kept our fresh water swamps 

 under continuous supervision, distributed oil thereon and redug 



