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Kalaoa Ahupuaa (Kamai), District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume A, No. 1; p. 249
Kalaoa, District of Hilo
Honorable R.A. Lyman, Boundary Commissioner for Island of Hawaii
The undersigned would respectfully request your Honor to set a day for the hearing & settling of the boundaries of the land of Kalaoa situated in the district of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, as per survey or otherwise, as shall be set forth on the day of hearing; and that having heard Your Honor will give a certificate of the same.
And as in duty bound your Petitioner will ever Pray, &c, J.M. Smith
Per E.G. Hitchcock, attorney
Hilo, Hawaii, August 22d 1873
[J.M. Smith subsequently sells to Kamai, Kahaoa, Kahe, Kane, Waialee & Namauu]
Kalaoa Ahupuaa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume B, pps. 432-434
Hilo, October 18th 1877
For petition see folio 249, Book A, or No. 1.
Land of Kalaoa
On this the 18th day of October A.D. 1877, the Commission of Land Boundaries for the island of Hawaii 3d Judicial Circuit, met at the house of F.S. Lyman, in Hilo, Hawaii, on the application of J.M. Smith per E.G. Hitchcock, attorney, filed August 22, 1873 and recorded in Book 1 or A folio 249, for the settlement of the boundaries of portions of the land of Kalaoa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, 3d Judicial Circuit.
The Commission met without notice to interested parties to take the evidence of F.S. Lyman in relation to the surveys of diffrent [sic] portions of the land, filed by him this day, as he is expecting to go to Honolulu today to be absent several weeks.
F.S. Lyman, sworn, says, the people owning Kalaoa employed me to survey the land, and divide it up for them during the years 1875 & 1876. I divided the land between them, and made survey of the different portions, taking the natural boundaries, a ravine on North side from shore to edge of woods between this land and Puumoi. I surveyed from the road to uppe ....
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.... that the true lawful and equitable boundaries are as follows, viz.;
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Survey of D. Kamai's portion of land of Kalaoa, Hilo, Hawaii.
E hoomaka ma ke kihi o ka auwai, makai o ke Alanui Aupuni, a e holo iuka;
Hema 77° Komohana 2.20 kaulahao e pili ana ma ka aina o Keohu, oia hoi ke kuleana o Kaapa, Helu 8629, Apana 1, ma ka Palapala Sila Nui Helu 5542;
Hema 56° Komohana 10.50 kaulahao e pili ana me Keoho;
Hema 5° Hikina 3.00 kaulahao e pili ana ma Keoho a hiki i kahawai;
Hema 83° Komohana 5.75 kaulahao ma kahawai ka palena o Aleamai me Kalaoa;
Hema 72° Komohana 3.75 kaulahao ma kahawai ka palena o Aleamai me Kalaoa;
Akau 9½° Komohana 17.65 kaulahao e pili ana me ka apana aina o Waialee, a hiki i kahawai, e pili ana me Puumoi, alaila ma ia kahawai, o ka palena no ia o Kalaoa me Puumoi;
Akau 84 1/4° Hikina 21.60 kaulahao;
Akau 2 3/4° Hikina 6.36 kaulahao a hiki i ka uapo; alaila, a haalele ke kahawai;
Hema 13 3/4° Hikina 6.00 kaulahao a hiki i ka auwai, e pili ana me ka alanui;
Hema 17½° Komohana 3.14 kaulahao ma ka auwai e pili ana me ka aina o Jordan;
Hema 1 3/4° Hikina 8.37 kaulahao ma ka auwai, e pili ana me ka aina o Jordan; a hiki i kahi i hoomaka ai;
Maloko o keia, he 35 1/4 Eka, a oi iki a emi iki paha.
(1876) Sig. F.S. Lyman
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It is therefore adjudged and I do hereby decide and certify that the boundaries of the said land are and hereafter shall be as hereinbefore set forth.
Given this 24th day of October A.D. 1877 at Hilo, Hawaii.
R.A. Lyman, Commissioner of Land Boundaries, Third Judicial Circuit
In this case the expenses are
CostsD. Kamai's share of expenses of hearing and recording testimony in Books A & B, Folio 434 B 3.75
And costs of his certificate recording 8.75
12.50
which are awarded to him
R.A. Lyman, Commissioner of Land Boundaries, 3d Judicial Circuit
[No 116, Kalaoa, portion of Ahupuaa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission,36 3/4 Eka, 1877; Hawaiian edited by Quintero]