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their respective, territories, correcting, revising, and otherwise pre¬ 
paring notes for transmittal to Washington, and assume responsibility 
for all contacts necessary in carrying on Survey work in their respective 
territories. 
The Survey uses four channels through which to disseminate the in¬ 
formation gathered. (1) Very urgent information that might be of 
practical value to the working entomologists is transmitted by tele¬ 
graphic reports. (2) Matters of immediate interest, but not of so 
urgent a nature as the telegraphic reports, are published in the form of 
mimeographed sheets in a continuous series known as Special Reports. 
These are usually issued within three days after the information is re¬ 
ceived in Washington. (3) A Monthly Bulletin is issued for the timely 
dissemination of information on distribution, abundance, and destructive¬ 
ness of insect pests. (4) The Annual Summary for a final digest of each 
year’s survey activities. 
During the last two years 15 numbers, comprising two volumes, of the 
Bulletin have been issued, covering 565 pages. Up to December 1 of 
this year the Survey had received notes on 868 species of insects of 
economic importance. This, in itself, is worth considering, as it visual¬ 
izes the enormous complexity of our science. In two years 868 different 
organisms have come to the attention of the American economic ento¬ 
mologist, each organism with individual differences which must be 
known by the economic entomologist before he can proceed intelligently 
with control measures. Without a survey, to coordinate and furnish 
continuity to these records, would not the mass of this information have 
been lost to the general advancement of our science? 
The Insect Pest Survey is now well launched, the co-operation of the 
Entomological agencies in the several States has been most encouraging, 
and any deficiencies have been, I believe, in every case due to a failure to 
appreciate the scope of our work. This activity is fundamental re¬ 
search on a very comprehensive scale and I believe that with your 
hearty support, will accelerate the advancement of entomological 
knowledge as will no other one activity to which we are now bending our 
efforts. 
