A Practical Way of Dealing with Ædes Ægypti (Stegomyia Fasciata) Mosquito Breeding in Country Craft

the Port of Bombay then having been found useful was extended and is being continued with very gratifying results in as much as the percentage of breeding found up to 15th April, 1935, amounting to 51 per cent, has steadily diminished to close on 30 per cent after a year's working as can be seen from the following figures of monthly examinations up to the end of February 1936. They also show relative percentage of ' emptying out' as steadily rising with diminishing returns for refused examinations and refused emptying outs as 0.42 per cent and 0.8 per cent _ respectively. This has been achieved by simple persuasive methods and I am glad to let you know that the Government of Bombay are considering with the local authority (Port Trust) an enactment of a draft rule to legalize the procedure. I have to thank Drs. Maplestone and Strickland f? giving me useful hints and help in this connection ever since I started the work. Yours, etc., F. D. BANA, m.b., m.r.c.s., d.p.S' D.T.M. & H., J.P. Administrative Medical OfficerBombay Port Trust, Ballard Road, Fort, Bombay, 12th March, 1936.