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large numbers, which at times seem,ed tO' be unendurable. Many 

 ditches had been cut by the State in, the various meadows pre- 

 vious to the time the Commission was appointed, but no financial 

 aid was received to^ maintain them. 



The result of the maintenance work in this particular district 

 has been that the mosquitoes every year are gradually decreas- 

 ing, and a part of this mosquito-infested territory has been re- 

 claimed and developed into building sites, and numerous bunga- 

 lows have been erected in various sections to beautify the one- 

 time barren waste of meadow land. The tax ratables have been 

 largely increased, and the county has received its share of the 

 increased ratables. It is gratifying to realize that the salt-marsh 

 mosquito in Monmouth County has been gradually decreasing 

 since its Commission has been actively engaged in this class of 

 work, and the summer season of 1916 passed with very satis- 

 factory results as far as annoyance to any great extent from the 

 salt-marsh species was concerned. 



Although the Commission is young in the active work in com- 

 parivSon to some of the other counties, it nevertheless feels 

 elated that it has accomplished such good results since its activi- 

 ties began, and, with this encouragement, the Commission will 

 endeavor in the near future to take up the fresh-water control 

 which is so necessary to produce the desired results, and in con- 

 formity with their ambition to rid the county of all species of 

 mosquitoes that infest its domain. 



Monmouth County's chief assets are its summer resorts and 

 its agricultural productions. Beautiful and palatial residences 

 adorn its seacoast, and among its summer population are many 

 persons of distinction, from the President of the United States, 

 who occupied last summer the palatial residence at Shadow 

 Tawn, to the Governor of this State, who every summer occu- 

 pies the summer State Capitol at Sea Girt. Therefore, the future 

 maintenance of its drainage systems when completely installed, 

 in addition to the elimination and control of the fresh-water 

 mosquito, will mean to the county an economical expenditure of 

 money for this purpose, and will materially aid in the reclama- 

 tion and development of much territory that has been hereto- 



