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Puapuaa Nui Ahupuaa, District of North Kona, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume A, No. 1, p. 454
Honolulu, September 19th, 1873
R.A. Lyman, Esquire, Commissioner of Boundaries on Hawaii, Hilo
Dear Sir:
In my application for settlement of the boundaries of His Majesty´s lands on Hawaii, I omitted Puapuaa in North Kona. You are requested to define and settle the boundaries of that land also, and if I can find a survey of it, I will send it to you.
I remain Very respectfully yours, &c.
C.R. Bishop, for His Majesty, Lunalilo
Puapuanui Ahupuaa, District of North Kona, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume B, pps 260-262
The Ahupuaa of Puapuanui, District of North Kona, island of Hawaii, 3 Judicial Circuit.
On this, the 8th day of June A.D. 1874, the Commission of Boundaries for the Island of Hawaii, 3 Judicial Circuit met at Kailua, on the application of C.R. Bishop, acting for His Majesty, Lunalilo, for the settlement of the boundaries of Puapuanui, situated in the District of North Kona, Island of Hawaii. Notice of hearing served by publication in the Hawaiian Gazette of May 20th 1874 and due notice personally served on owners or agents of adjoining lands as far as known.
Present: J.G. Hoapili.
For Petition see Folio 454, Book A
Testimony
Ukumea, kane, sworn, I was born on Puapua at the time of Kanaokekuakalani. I now live at Puapuaanui; have lived there most of my lifetime; am a kamaaina and know the boundaries. Kelinopa (now dead), my cousin, showed them to me. Bounded on the North side by Piki, the boundary at shore between these two lands is Keawapuapua on the south side of the awa; thence to Puhano, aa above Governor Adams wall. There is an iwi aina from makai up. Kamuupoalua, a neneleau grove; thence along the iwi to the Government road, passing on the South side of Kaluaele, a water hole, thence mauka to Kaaiaua kihapai, the iwi is on the South side of the kihapai; thence to Kahananuialewa, a large rock at the mauka corner of the land, where Puapuanui is cut off by Holualoa. Thence turn towards the sea along Holualoa 1st to Kaopapapa a punawai; thence along the iwi aina Uwaumnui, an [page 261] old kauhale, the boundary runs through this place and to Puapualoa, a cave on the North side of the boundary; thence to Huloa, a resting place above Governor Adams wall; thence to seashore. I do not know the name of this makai point. Bounded makai by the sea. Ancient fishing rights extending out to sea.
Cross-examined.
Know a place called Kahiaholo. Pahoa is below the breadfruit trees on the South side of the boundary. Punapelu is on the boundary below the place I gave at the wall. Know a place called Puapai. It is in the sea, on the boundary. The land was surveyed before by a haole. He surveyed down the length of the land and surveyed cross lines to the points I have mentioned today. I was his kamaaina.
Mahalo, kane, sworn, I was born at Holualoa. Do not know when. Have always lived there. I ....
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.... ng Holualoa I;
North 70° 38´ 25" East 1333 along Holualoa I
North 74° 34´ 31" East 3794 feet along Holualoa I to the Mauka Road;
North 76° 12´ 56" East 718 feet along Holualoa I;
North 62° 57´ 57" East 3278 feet along Holualoa I;
South 74° 0´ 0 West 865 feet to Mauka end of Puapuaaiki, thence the boundaries run by magnetic bearing along Puapuaaiki according to the survey of J. Fuller on September 22d 1853, as follows:
South 63° 45´ West 392 feet along Puapuaaiki L.C.A. No. 4887;
South 57° 30´ West 792 feet along Puapuaaiki L.C.A. No. 4887;
South 64° 15´ West 640 feet along Puapuaaiki L.C.A. No. 4887;
South 22° 30´ East 46 feet along Puapuaaiki L.C.A. No. 4887;
South 68° 30´ West 677 feet along Puapuaaiki L.C.A. No. 4887;
South 66° 0´ West 297 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 65° 30´ West 231 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 70° 30´ West 138 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 59° 30´ West 384 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 74° 15´ West 1577 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 85° 30´ West 561 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 68° 30´ West 1042 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 63° 30´ West 475 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 70° 30´ West 2488 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 67° 30´ West 116 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 4° 0´ East 81 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 61° 0´ West 356 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 53° 30´ West 429 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 63° 0´ West 858 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 66° 15´ West 1089 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 62° 30´ West 732 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 45° 30´ West 396 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 50° 30´ West 693 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 55° 15´ West 1366 feet along Puapuaaiki;
South 45° 30´ West 660 feet to a pile of stones at a point whence the Trig Station at Mumuhale is by the [page 54] true meridian;
South 24° 39´ 30" East 1679 feet; thence by the true meridian;
South 57° 19´ 48" West 208 feet to the Ocean, thence along the Ocean to the point of beginning
Area 379 Acres
(as surveyed by J.M. Alexander, A.D. 1885)
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 Keauhou, North Kona, Island of Hawaii, the fifteenth day of June, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
F.S. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries
10 folio 1 copy
Costs: certificate of Boundaries $2.00; 7 folio description 3.50; 1 day hearing evidence 10.00; 11 folio evidence 2.75; Notice Gazette 3.00; Notice Kuokoa 3.00; Paid $24.25
Interior Costs
Certified copy of Certificate $2.00; 10 folio copy 2.50; $4.50
[No. 159, Puapuaa Nui Ahupuaa, North Kona District, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, 3.79 Acre, 1886]