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tion to the commission is $7,500, apparently the money will 

 have to come from other sources. 



It will be well to note the recent sectional developments along 

 this Raritan Bay Shore within the confines of Monmouth County, 

 extending from Keyport on the west to Atlantic Highlands and 

 Sandy Hook Bay on the east. 



It can be said without fear of contradiction that this develop- 

 ment is primarily due to anti-mosquito control work. It can 

 be substantiated further by statements of the old time residents 

 of this territory in comparing the present mosquito annoyance 

 with that of past years. 



A civil engineer who has resided and worked in this territory 

 most of his life told the writer last season that he well remem- 

 bers the time not over ,15 years ago, when laying out and map- 

 ping many of these sections on or near these meadows, that 

 hordes of mosquitoes which were ever present during the breed- 

 ing season compelled him to place mosquito netting over his 

 head and gloves on his hands in order to perform his work 

 properly. 



On July 1 5th, the white-banded salt marsh species (soUicitans) 

 appeared in large numbers at Manasquan and Sea Girt, and 

 their annoyance was almost unbearable to the inhabitants of 

 these places and to the soldiers situated at Camp Edwards, Sea 

 Girt. On account of this annoyance His Excellency the Governor 

 complained to the State Department of Health, and this de- 

 partment took the matter up with the N. J. State Experiment 

 Station at New Brunswick. They in turn communicated with 

 the superintendent of the Monmouth County Mosquito Ex- 

 termination Commission. 



The outcome of this complaint was an investigation rnade by 

 a committee composed of Messrs. Wilbur Walden, Assistant 

 Entomologist, Mr. Raymond Patterson, an official of the State 

 Department of Health, and H. G. Van Note, Superintendent 

 of the Monmouth County Mosquito Commission. 



The investigation covered a territory from Sea Girt to and 

 beyo-nd Sea Side Park, and it was found that an undrained 

 area containing about 10 acres located on the Point Pleasant 

 side of the river in Ocean County had caused most of the annoy- 

 ance complained of by the governor and other residents of the 

 Sea Girt and Manasquan districts. 



It was found that the Manasquan Inlet had been closed 10 or 

 15 days prior to the complaint and was the cause of the flooded 

 meadows on both sides of the river. Larvae were found on the 

 undrained areas and sheet water was found in many places. 

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