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drivers had been paid $5.00 per day for the two days of actual 
driving (not too high a wage for the hard work encountered) 
the cost of driving in these goats would have been about 50 
cents each. 
To get rid of the estimated population of 68,000 wild goats 
in the Territory, the sum of at least $34,000.00 will be needed, 
if goat drivers are to be hired as most likely they would have 
to be and probably the sum of $40,000.00 would finally be needed 
in order to allow for the construction of wing fences which would 
greatly facilitate driving. 
Of this sum of $40,000.00, at least $20,000.00 or more should 
be contributed by the Territory for reasons already given. This 
amount would be money well spent for the benefit of the Ter- 
• ritory. 
It is suggested that a saving could be made, if the enlisted men 
in the National Guard of Hawaii could be used on the drives. 
They are already well equipped with canteens and shoes, the 
two requisites most needed in driving goats, and their field 
kitchens and other camping equipment could be used to the 
greatest advantage in this work. A well-conducted goat drive, 
where the moving line is held adequately with men properly 
spaced at intervals simulates actual warfare and would give the 
national guardsmen excellent field practice and at the same time 
their services would result in real benefit to the Territory. 
It is believed that the cheapest and surest way to get rid of 
these wild goats is first to conduct well-organized drives aided by 
wing fences and to follow up the goat extermination by the em- 
ployment of expert hunters. In the drives, the owner or controller 
of the land should cooperate by bearing a part of the expense. 
CONCLUSION. 
1. Wild goats are a serious menace to the Territory and 
should be eliminated by early and drastic action. 
2. To get rid of the estimated population of 68,000 wild 
goats on Hawaii and Maui at least 50 cents per goat or probably 
$40,000.00 will be needed. Of this amount the Territory should 
contribute the larger share. 
3. Operations for goat control should be limited to drives fol- 
lowed up by extermination by expert hunters employed by the 
Territory. 
4. The Board of Agriculture and Forestry is the logical 
organization to handle this work and should at the next session 
of the Legislature be given an appropriation of $20,000.00 for 
goat control work, subject, however, to an equal sum being con- 
tributed or guaranteed by the graziers concerned. 
5. With this appropriation there should be passed a law 
authorizing this Board — 
(1) To cooperate with the owners or controllers of private 
land in driving goats, said owners or controllers to pay for a 
fair share of the cost of each drive. 
