Kahuwai Ahupuaa, District of Puna, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Volume B, pps 403-405
The Ahupuaa of Kahuwai, Puna, Hawaii
For Petition see Folio 245, Book A
On this the 29th day of February, A.D. 1876, the Commission of land Boundaries for the Island of Hawaii, 3d Judicial Circuit, met at the Court House at Hilo, Hawaii, on the application of F. H. Harris, attorney at Law for J.O. Dominis, Administrator of the estate of Her Royal Highness, V. K. Kamamalu, for the settlement of the boundaries of the Ahupuaa of Kahuwai, situated in the District of Puna, Island of Hawaii, 3d Judicial Circuit.
Notice of time and place of hearing personally served on applicant and interested parties, as far as known.
Present: L. Kaina for applicant, Hawaiian Government., &c, &c.
Testimony
Kamahele, kane, sworn, says, I was bornt [sic] Kahuwai, Puna, Hawaii at the time of going after sandalwood at Ohaikea. Have always lived there and am a kamaaina of the land. I went with D.B. Lyman (Leve) when he surveyed the land. It was some years since. I do not remember how long. Kapou (now dead) was the kamaaina who pointed out the boundaries at that time, and the land was surveyed to the boundaries pointed out. Kapou was a middle-aged man and was the konohiki of the land. I knew part of the boundaries before, but had never been all around the land with the kamaaina, and had the boundaries pointed out to me.
The land of Halepuaa bounds this land at the shore on the Puna side, and the boundary between them is at place called Ka. Kapahu's purchase on Halepuaa bounds it there, mauka of that Kanalaeole's land bounds it. We surveyed across the land from one side to the other at Government road, and surveyed up Hilo side along boundary of Waawaa. Place called Ponelu is the boundary at shore between this land and Waawaa; thence the boundary runs mauka along Pakaka's purchase ....
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.... a, and run South 32 3/4° West 22.86 chains along said Patent; South 50½° West 86.85 chains along Government land; South 73 3/4° West 32.05 chains along Manamana's Patent No. 2687; South 74° West 63.11 chains along Manamana's; South 68° West 13.06 chains; South 74½° West 13.95 chains; [page 189] North 84° West 9.16 chains; South 85½° West 16.13 chains; South 62° West 34.00 chains; South 66° West 23.75 chains; South 58 1/4° West 16.37 chains; South 58½° West 25.25 chains; South 70° West 16.25 chains; South 57 3/4° West 24.16 chains; South 44½° West 20.56 chains; South 37° West 28.86 chains; South 42½° West 22.22 chains; South 38 1/4° West 26.73 chains; South 22° West 29.30 chains; Thence across head of land South 32° East 10.58 chains along Manamana's to stone marked + South 41 1/4° East 18.00 chains along Manamana's to cocoanut tree marked H at the southwest corner of this land; North 53 1/4° East 118.00 chains; North 66 1/4° East 164.30 chains; North 63° East 211.50 chains along Halepuaa to Road; North 52° East 10.59 chains along Kanalaeole Royal Patent No. 998 North 51 1/4° East 17.00 chains along Kanalaeole Royal Patent No. 998; North 34½° East 19.05 chains along Kapahee, Royal patents No. 2334; and 2749 to the sea shore; Thence North 75 1/4° West 42.70 chains along the shore; North 59½° West 31.10 chains along shore to the point of commencement; containing an area of 2,869 acres. R.A. Lyman, Commissioner of Land Boundaries, Third Judicial Circuit