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Without criticism, of our State's policy of requiring civil 

 service examinations for the men wjho' would become inspectors, 

 we may be permitted tO' say that our experience is that men are 

 unwilling to comply with the civil service requiremients in order 

 to get a job which offers employment for only a few months of 

 each year, and also that elderly men, many of whom, by reason 

 of age, are ineligible tO' the civil service examinations, often 

 make most acceptable inspectors. Recognizing the value of 

 experience in the work and the need of qualification, some 

 means should be provided by which these men could be thor- 

 oughly instructed and acquire a proper knowledge of their 

 duties before commencing actual work and being vested with 

 the exercise of an authority which many citizens oppose. 



While realizing there is much still to be done, we are pleased 

 with the pirogress that has been made, and are sure that as time 

 goes on we shall secure more and more co-operation of the pub- 

 lic, and, becoming more efficient ourselves, ultimately attaim 

 that for which we are striving. 



Chairman BrinkKrho^F^ — Essex County, by Frederick W. 

 Becker, M.D., of Newark. 



Industrial Development on the Newark Meadows. 



BY FREDERICK W. BECKER, M.D., MEMBER 01^ THE ESSEX COUNTY 

 MOSQUITO EXTERMINATION COMMISSION. 



In my paper I shall confine myself to- the financial side of the 

 industrial development on the Newark Meadows, made possible 

 by the elimiination of the salt-marsh mosquito on this tract. 



The law creating county mosquito exterminating commis- 

 sions became operative in 191 2. In that year the extermination 

 ratables on the Newark meadows comprising land, improve- 

 ment and personal property, amonnted to $1,428,000. 



In 1913, ! $1,735,000 



In 1 91 4, : . . 2,192,000 



In 191 5, 2,251,000 



In 1916, 3,750,000 



