Boundary Commission

1895 170 Robertson, G. M. estate
Certification: 170
Ahupua`a Maulua Nui
District: Hilo
Island Hawaii
Ownership: Robertson, G. M. estate
Misc:
Year: 1895
Statistics: 17802 characters 2760 words
Maulua Nui Ahupuaa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume A, No. 1, pps 232-233

Honokahou, District of Kona
Maulua, District of Hilo

Honolulu, August 4th 1873
(Copy)
To the Honorable Rufus A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries for the island of Hawaii, Hawaii Islands

The petition of A.F. Judd of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, Administrator of the Estate of the late Honorable G.M. Robertson, deceased respectfully represents as follows:

That the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land titles did on the first day of May A.D. 1866 by award No. 11216, Apana 36, Grant to M. Kekauonohi, the Ahupuaa of Honokahau, situated in the District of Kona, Island of Hawaii aforesaid, and also did grant to the said M. Kekauonohi by the same award Apana 45, dated on the 11th [? smeared] day of August A.D. 1866, [page 233] the Ahupuaa of Mauloa [Maulua] situated in the District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii aforesaid, and the said G.M. Robertson, deceased came into the possession of both the above named Ahupuaa by Deeds of Conveyance from the Administrator of the Estate of the late L. Haalelea, deceased, devised of the said M. Kekauonohi deceased.

That the said Ahupuaas have not been awarded by the Land Commission and patented or conveyed by deed from the King by boundaries described in such award, Patent or deed, and therefore your Petitioner respectfully request that the boundaries of said Ahupuaas, may be settled by your Honorable Commission, and to that end makes this application, to have the same decided and certified by you, as Commissioner of Boundaries as aforesaid.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Statute your petitioner represent that the following are the names of the adjoining lands, and the names of the owners of the same, so far as known to your petitioner, to wit:

Of Honokahau - Kaloko & Honokahauike
Of Mauloa, by Kapehu, Humuula, Piha &

And so your Petitioner pray that a day and an hour may be appointed by your Honor the Commissioner for the hearing of this application and that all parties interested may have notice and your Petitioner will ever pray &c
(signed) A.F. Judd, Administrator with will annexed, Estate of G.M. Robertson


The Ahupuaa of Maulua-Nui, district of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume B, p. 352

[This appears at end of Maulua iki record]
Notice for the settlement of the Boundaries of the Ahupuaa of Maulua Nui, Hilo, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Island of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands.
On reading and filing the petition of A.B. Loebenstien, Attorney for George Robertson and owners of Maulua Nui, for the settlement of the Boundaries of Maulua Nui. It is ordered that Saturday, the Fifth day of January A.D. 1895 at 10 o'clock a.m. be and hereby is appointed for hearing said Petition, and evidence as to Boundaries of said land, in the Police court Room at Hilo, Hawaii, at which time and place all persons concerned may appear and give evidence as to Boundaries of said land.
Dated, Puna, Hawaii, Hawaiian islands, December 1, 1894
Rufus A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, Third and Fourth Judicial Circuits

3 times.


Maulua Nui Ahupuaa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume D, pps 87-91

In Re Boundaries of the Land of Maulua Nui, Land Commission Award 11216, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, 4th Judicial Circuit, Hawaiian ....

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.... 45' 50" west distant 21189 feet;
6. South 56° 41' West 11722 feet along Kapehu and Kaiwilaihilaihi to the upper end of Maulua ridge at old Kauhale called "Kulipalapala;"
7. South 72° 3' West 23626 feet along Government lands of Kaiwihaihilaihi and Papaaloa, to the Northwest angle of Maulua Nui, at a pile of stones standing a little East of the Laumaia & Hopei A trails, mid way between the same and a koa tree marked [triangle with L inside], the Hawaiian Government Survey Trig. 2nd Station "Kaiaiki" bearing South 18° 29' west true, distant 525.7 feet;
8. South 10° 37' East 6208 feet along Government land of Humuula, to a point on the East or makai edge of the Laumaia & Hope-A trails; just below an ancient Ahupuaa of stones, standing in the middle of the sand flat called Kahuwai, at the base of the Lapaohelo ridge;
9. North 78° 08' East 29931 feet along Government lands of Piha to a high knoll called "ahua ona ohia nanamauna," distant about 2000 feet West or mauka of the crater of Mokupuupuu," this station being marked by an ohia tree on which is cut [triangle]and which bears from the Hawaiian Government survey Trig 1st Station "Puu Kalela," South 87° 31' 30" East true distant 39750.6 feet;
10. North 37° 37' East 16410 feet along Government land Puuohua to a natural divide in the Manoloa stream called "Kahuiwai o Manoloa," being the head of the land of Manoloa;
11. North 2° 20' west 3962 feet along head of the Government lands of Pohakupuka and Maulua Iki to a point in the Makaliiloa gulch, 150 feet above the Hoowanawana falls;
12. North 48° 42' East 8757 feet along Government land Maulua Iki, the boundary following the middle of the gulch to the precipice overhanging the Kaaliali falls; [page 89]
13. North 32° 53' West 1250 feet down said falls to junction of Makaliiloa stream with main Maulua stream;
14. North 40° 40' East 2655 feet down middle of Maulua stream and up bank of same to large rock pillar called Pohakuloa at West angle of Section 3, Grant 3650, Maulua Iki;
15. North 25° 18' East 710 feet along said Grant to West angle Grant -
16. North 25° 18' East 1024 feet along said Grant to flat rock marked [triangle] at East or makai edge of Government road that angle of Section 1, Grant 3850;
17. North 25° 18' East 570 feet along section 1, Grant 3650 Maulua Iki to its North angle at high water mark of sea coast, said point bearing North 14° 29' East "true" from a large rock called Pohakuloa, distant 84 feet, from same;
18. Thence following the windings of the sea coast X at high water mark to the foot of the bank opposite and to the Initial Point which bears form the last station;
19. North 25° 20' West 1505 feet.
20. Containing an area of 9288 acres.
(as surveyed by A.B. Loebenstien)

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 under my hand at Hilo, Island of Hawaii, the Twenty-third day of January A.D., one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
Rufus A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, Third & Fourth Judicial Circuits, Hawaiian Islands.
10 folio description
13 folio copy Certificate

For Petition & evidence see Book D (No 5), pages 87 to 91

[No. 170, Maulua Nui Ahupuaa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, 9288 acres, 1895]