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only eighteen inches. An experimental outlet of this nature 

 should be placed on the Delaware shore where there is a tidal 

 difference in elevation of six feet, I think the money would be 

 spent wisely in an experiment of this kind. 



Mr. Reiley brought out an interesting fact in telling us that 

 Aedes cantafor were found on his undrained marshes in the 

 month of February, 192 1. The fact that they were found is not 

 so unusual as the fact that they were in as great numbers as 

 Aedes sollicitans can be found in midsummer. 



Again, due to the unusual weather of last summer, the Manas- 

 quan Inlet in Monmouth County was closed absolutely for a 

 period of three to four weeks. This condition made it impos- 

 sible for any of the subsidiary drainage systems to the Mana- 

 squan River to function, with the result that a bad brood of mos- 

 quitoes got on the wing and nestered not only the National Guard 

 encamped at Sea Girt but the governor himself. The latter im- 

 mediately got in touch with the State Department of Health 

 making a formal complaint asking that something be done to 

 rid Sea Girt of the infestation. Representatives of the depart- 

 ment of health, Monmouth and Ocean County Mosquito Com- 

 missions and the State Experiment Station made an investiga- 

 tion and determined the cause of the trouble. Through the ac- 

 tivity of the federal government in opening the Manasquan Inlet 

 and the work of the two mosquito commissions in establishing 

 better drainage systems in the areas adjacent to the river the mos- 

 quito breeding conditions were eliminated. This is the first time 

 we have had an opportunity to bring home personally to the gov- 

 ernor the value of anti-mosquito work. The mere fact that the 

 governor called upon us to abate the nuisance shows that he 

 must have had faith in our ability to do so. 



An instance of the need for speeding up the initial work in 

 those counties where the drainage is still incomplete appears in 

 the fact that during the last part of July and the first part 'of 

 August weather conditions were such as to cause several large 

 broods of mosquitoes to emerge from the undrained marshes of 

 Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May Counties. Knowing the mos- 

 quitoes were coming to Atlantic City, Mr. Reiley told the people 

 through the newspapers when they could expect an infestation. 

 They were not disappointed. Having had this advanced infor- 

 mation it is interesting to note that in few cases did the people 

 complain. In general they seemed to realize the causes of such 

 a condition. 



I would like to call attention to a few of the new features of 

 mosquito control work brought out in the papers just read. Hud- 



