Boundary Commission

1903 185 Bishop, Bernice Pauahi
Certification: 185
Ahupua`a Puanui
District: Kohala, South
Island Hawaii
Ownership: Bishop, Bernice Pauahi
Misc:
Year: 1903
Statistics: 21245 characters 3358 words
Puanui Ahupuaa, District of North Kohala, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume A; pps 242-244

Honorable R.A. Lyman, Boundary Commissioner for Island of Hawaii
The undersigned would herewith make application for the settlement of the boundaries of the following Ahupuaas or lands belonging to Her Excellency, R. Keliikolani; viz.

Kikala, Hilo Hawaii, bounded by Maumau adjoining lands unknown
Haiku, Hilo Hawaii, bounding lands unknown
Kauniho, Hilo, Hawaii bounding lands unknown
Waikaumalo, Hilo Hawaii, bounding lands unknown
Lepoloa, Hilo, Hawaii, bounding lands unknown
Piha, Hilo, Hawaii, bounding lands unknown
Kaulakailio, Hilo, Hawaii, bounding lands unknown
Kaiwiki, Hamakua, Hawaii Humuula & other lands
Kalakalaula, Hamakua, Hawaii, bounds unknown
Kapoaula, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Kemau, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Pohakuhaku, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Waikaloa, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Paalaea, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Kaala, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Manowaialei, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands Humuula &c
Keahua, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands not known
Kana, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands not known
Kapaaula, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands not known
Waialeale, Hamakua, Hawaii, adjoining lands not known [page 243]
Niulii, Kohala, Hawaii, adjoining lands not known
Puanuipoepoe, Kohala, Hawaii
Puanui, Kohala, Hawaii
Hamanamana, Kona, Hawaii
Opea, Kona, Hawaii
Keopu 3rd, Kona, Hawaii
Kailua, Kona, Hawaii
Kulihee, Kona, Hawaii
Kaaipuhi, Kona, Hawaii
Niumalii, Kona, Hawaii [Niumalu?]
Naheana, Kona, Hawaii
Kalehanaole, Kona, Hawaii
Puuloa, Kona, Hawaii or Kohala
Kapaula, Kona, Hawaii or Kohala
Honokahauike, Kona, Honokahaunui & Kealakehe, Government lands adjoining
Moeauoa, Kona, Hawaii, Lanihaunui & Moeauoa, belonging to Government adjoining
Kaumalumalu, Kona, Hawaii, adjoining lands Holualoa 1 & Pahoehoe, Government
Laloa 1, Kona, Hawaii, adjoining lands Laaloa & Pahoehoe Government
Kealia 2d, Kona, Hawaii , adjoining lands Kealia & Hookena
Keokea, Kona, Hawaii, adjoining lands Hoonaunau, C.R. Bishop & KiilaeG. Hueu
Hookena, Kona, Hawaii, adjoining lands Kealia & Kauhako, Government
Ninole 2, Hilo, Hawaii [page 244]
Pahoehoe, Kona, Hawaii, adjoining lands Pahoehoe, Government
Haukalua, Kona, Hawaii, adjoining lands Haukalua & Alae Government
Kapualeiholaike, Kona, Hawaii, adjoining lands Okoe, Kaulanamauna, Government & Keauhou, Estate Kamehameha V.

Hinalole, Kona, Hawaii, adjoining lands Honuaula and Hinaloleliilii
Kahilipalinui, Kau, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Hilea nui, Kau, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Kawela, Kau, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Hionomoa I, Kau, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Hionomoa II, Kau, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Mohokea, Kau, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Kauhukuula, Kau, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Paakaa, Puna, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown [Pualaa?]
Keekee, Puna, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Hulunanae, Puna, Hawaii, adjoining lands unknown
Mauluaiki, Hilo, Hawaii.

Your Honor will therefore please appoint a day for the hearing the above application & grant a Certificate in accordance therewith.
(Signed) R. Keliikolani by F.H. Harris, attorney at law
Hilo, August 16, 1873


Puanui Ahupuaa, District of North Kohala, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume B; pps 129-131

The Ahupuaa of Puanui, District of North Kohala, Island of Hawaii, 3d Judicial Circuit

On this, the 24th day of November A.D. 1873 the Commission of Boundaries for the Island of Hawaii, 3rd Judicial Circuit, met at the house of James Woods, Kohala ranch, on the application of J.O. Dominis, acting for Her Excellency, the Governess of Hawaii, for the settlement of the boundaries of Puanui, situated in the District of North Kohala, Island of Hawaii. < ....

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.... North 82° 16´ East 2638.0 feet along same to + mark, under mound of stones at northeast angle of said Grant, the coordinates of said point being North 20.9 - East 4503.0 referred to the Puu Kehena Triangulation Station.
10. North 87° 49´ East 777.0 feet along Kiiokalani, Certificate #122 to + mark on stone at northeast angle of said land.
11. South 01° 22´ East 100.0 feet along mauka or east boundary of Kiiokalani to a + mark on stone under mound of stones at common angle Puanui, Kiiokalani and Kaihooa, the coordinates of said point being South 47.6 East 5279.0 feet referred to the Puu Kehena Triangulation Station.
12. North 77° 23´ East 3966.0 feet along Kaihooa to a + mark on stone at foot of ohia tree also marked with a [triangle], near the southwest slope of Puu Liolio hill, the coordinates of said point being South 297.6 West 678.8 feet referred to the Puu Liolio Reference Station, this being the southeast angle of Puanui.
13. North 06° 23´ West 460.8 feet along mauka or east boundary of this land adjoining Kehena, Certificate #17, to a [triangle with + in it] marked on a stone at foot of an ohia tree marked [triangle with + in it], this being the northeast boundary of Puanui, the PuuLiolio reference Station, bearing North 76° 16´ 45 East distant 751.5 feet.
(Note, actual relation in bearings and distance between the two points also identified as the Wiltse points in Survey of Certificate #17 by J.S. Emerson, Government Survey. A.B.L.)
[page 144]
14. South 75° 18´ West 3072.0 feet along the south boundary of Kehena, Certificate #17 to a + mark on stone under mound of stones on low hill called Koehomama Ahua, the coordinates of the said point being North 478.9 East 6130.7 feet referred to the Puu Kehena Triangulation Reference Station. (Note: given as two courses and distances in Wiltse Survey of Certificate #17, Distance however to Kehomana Ahua as above, A.B.L.)
15. South 83° 01' 30" West 4867.0 feet along the south boundary of Kehena, Certificate #17 to a + mark on stone under mound of stones at west edge of old Kawaihae Uka and Mahukona road, and near foot of southeast slope of Puu Kehena, the coordinates of said point being South 103.1 East 1299.7 feet referred to the Puu Kehena Triangulation Reference Station (Note: actual relation of Keohomana Ahua to pile of stones at west edge old Kawaihae Uka road as per WiltseSurvey, A.B.L.)
16. South 75° 06 West 10285.0 feet along south boundary Kehena Certificate #17 to a [Triangle] mark on stone under mound of stones by large pile of rocks, the coordinates of said point being South 2747.5 West 8643.0 feet referred to the Puu Kehena Triangulation Reference Station.
17. South 45° 00´ 30" West 17289.0 feet along South boundary Kehena, Certificate #17, to a + cut in the naked rock by road at sea bluff known as Kahunalehu on south side of the cove known as Keawanui and from which point the Keawanui Triangulation Station bears south 21° 08´ East true distant 2165.8 feet; thence along and down the sea bluff to the extreme point of a spur or projecting cape called Kaunanahu, on which is cut a + just above high water mark bearing South 81° 45´ West distant 366.0 feet from the last station; thence following the windings of the seacoast at high water mark to a point opposite the initial point of this survey; thence up the sea bluff South 54° 48´ East 202.0 feet to said initial point, the direct bearing and distance from the Kahumalehu station being
18. South 09° 35´ East 898.3 feet to said initial point
Containing an area of 540.4 acres, more or less

So surveyed by A.B Loebenstein, October 1901

(13 folio, survey compared, o.k.)

[page 145]
It is therefore adjudged, and I do hereby certify and decide that the boundaries of said land of Puanui, are, and hereafter shall be as hereinbefore set forth.
Given by my hand at Hilo, Island of Hawaii, the 26th day of December, A.D. 1903
Frederick S. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, third and Fourth Judicial Circuits, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A.

[No. 185, Puanui Ahupuaa, District of North Kohala, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, 540.4 acres, 1903]