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Kauaea Ahupuaa, District of Puna, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume D, No. 5, p. 244
The Ahupuaa of Kauaea, District of Puna, Island of Hawaii, 3d & 4th Judicial Circuits
Hilo, Hawaii, April 27th 1899
The Commission of boundaries for the Island of Hawaii, 3d & 4th Judicial Circuits of the Hawaiian Islands met at the Hilo Court House at 1 p.m. after notice has been personally served on the owners of the adjoining lands, and also by publishing Notice of the time of hearing, for three weeks in the English and Hawaiian Languages in the Hawaii Herald.
The following letter having been received.
Office of the Trustees under the will of Bernice P. Bishop
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, April 24th, 1899
Mr. R.A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, 3d and 4th Judicial Circuits, Hilo, Hawaii
Dear Sir:
I regret to say that Mr. F.S. Dodge, our Land Agent, is still seriously indisposed and will be unable to appear for the Estate at the Hearings in re Boundary Certificates of Pahoehoe, Kauaea, and Kaueleau set by you for 27th and 28th instants.
If possible we would ask that said Hearings be delayed for at least one month's time, when I hope Mr. Dodge will be able to be in attendance.
Regretting this unavoidable delay, I remain
Respectfully Yours
(Signed) A.C. Lovekin
for Secretary B.P. Bishop Estate
it is ordered that the Hearing in re Boundaries of Kauaea, District of Puna, Island of Hawaii be continued until 10 a.m., May 25th 1899
Rufus A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, Island of Hawaii, 3d & 4th Judicial Circuits, Hawaiian Islands
Continued Folio 248 of this Book [for Kauaea]
Kauaea Ahupuaa, District of Puna, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume D, No. 5, p. 248-253
Continued from Page 244 of this Book
The Land of Kauaea, District of Puna, Island of Hawaii
V.K. Kamamalu, Land commission Award, No. 7713
Hilo, Hawaii, December 2, 1899
The commission of boundaries for the Island of Hawaii, 3d & 4th Judicial Circuits, Hawaiian Islands, met at Court House, Hilo, Hawaii, by adjournment from the 9th of November 1899.
Petition read as follows:
Office of the Land Agent, Estate of Bernice P. Bishop, Honolulu, February 27th, 1899
Mr. R.A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, 3d Judicial Circuit
Dear Sir:
On behalf of the Trustees under the Will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, I hereby make application for the settlement of the boundaries of the land of Kaueleau, Puna, Hawaii, Land Commission Award 7713, Apana 13 to V. Kamamalu, and also for the reopening of the case of Kauaea, Land Commission Award 7713, Apana 14, for the correction of certain errors in the survey.
The map and surveys have been made by Mr. A.B. Loebenstien, and will be sent to you if needed. He has also sent me the following list of adjoining properties with the present owners, as far as known.
See list attached.
Very truly Yours,
(Signed) Frank S. Dodge
Kaueleau, Puna, Hawaii
Kaueleau, Grant 1332, Naahumakua
Kaueleau, Grant 1359, Mokumaile
Kaueleau, Grant 1398, Kalaepohaku
Opihikao, Government Divisions, no title to purchasers
Kauaea, Bishop Estate
Kamaili, Kamau, Kanane, Kaihi, Government [all] no title
[page 249]
Malama, Government
Keahialaka, R. Rycroft
Kehena, Government
Kaueleau, Bishop Estate
Opihikao, Government Divisions
Ihililoa, J.T. Parker [J.P. Parker?]
Opihikao, Grant 323, Naahumakua
The above Petition was filed March 2, 1899
Following the reading of this Petition
J.T. Stacker, sworn (as to Publication of Notice of hearing), I am the Manager of the Hawaii Herald Publishing Co., Ltd. And this Company edits the Hawaii Herald at Hilo, Hawaii. Until lately it was published in both the English and Hawaiian Languages.
I find on examining the files of the Hawaii Herald, that notice for the Hearing for the settlement of Boundaries of Kauaea were published in the English and Hawaiian Languages in the Hawaii Herald of April 6, April 13th & April 20th 1899, as follows: in English:
Notice of Commissioner of Boundaries
Notice is hereby given that Frank S. Dodge, Land Agent for the Estate of Bernice P. Bishop, has filed application for the settlement of the Boundaries of Kauaea, Puna, Hawaii, Fourth Judicial Circuit, and that Certificate of Boundaries of said land be issued. It is hereby ordered that all parties interested in the Boundaries of Kauaea, appear before me at the Court House, South Hilo, Hawaii, at 1 p.m. April 27, 1899, and show cause, if any, why said petition should not be granted.
Rufus A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, Island of Hawaii, Third and Fourth Judicial Circuits, Hilo, Hawaii, April 4th 1899
In Hawaiian Language notice reads as follows:
Hoolaha a ke Komisina Palena Aina.
Oiai, ua waiho mai o Frank S. Dodge, Agena o na aina o Bernice P. Bishop, i kekahi palapala noi kupono no ka hooponopono ana i na Palena Aina, e hoopuka [page 250] i ka Palapala Hooiaio Palena Aina, no ke Ahupuaa o Kauaea, Puna, Hawaii, Apana Hookolokolo Eha, Nolaila, ke kauoha ia aku nei ma keia, o na poe apau i loaa na aina e pili ana ia Kauaea, e hele mai lakou imua o`u, ma ka Hale Hoolokolo [sic?] o Hilo Hema, Hawaii, ma ka hora 1 p.m. o ka la 27 Aperi ....
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.... tificate of Boundaries, No. 173 to the upper mauka North corner of Kauaea, in the middle between three large mounds of stones set up at the edge of the ancient trail from Hilo to Kaimu, on the hill called Puu Palai, being the common angle of Kauaea, Keahialaka and Kehena;
5. South 50° 55' East 1562 feet along Kehena to angle;
6. South 63° 38' East 753 feet along Kehena to angle between three large mounds of stones at North angle of Kaualeau, and common angle of the lands of Kauaea, Kaueleau and Kamaili, the Reference Point, Puu Palai, bearing North 55° 08' West "true" distant 2311 feet;
7. South 81° 15' East 5493 feet along Kaueleau to angle;
8. South 84° 08' East 4598 feet along Kaueleau to + under mound of stones at ancient trail to the Malanae cultivating grounds being the common angle of the lands of Kauaea, Kaueleau and Opihikao, the Hawaiian Government Survey Trig station "Kaliu" bearing North 69° 43' East "true" distant 2016 feet;
9. South 84° 08' East 689 feet along Opihikao Government lot #10 to [triangle] marked in ancient roadway;
10. South 55° 45' East 1148 feet along same to + marked in roadway at intersection of Government lots #10 and 9;
11. South 55° 45' East 1592 feet along Opihikao Government lot #9 to angle;
12. South 71° 30' East 664 feet along Opihikao Government lot #9 to mound of stones on hill in Kauanihi and North angle of Grant #3231, Maluo Naahumakua;
13. South 71° 30' East 2670 feet the boundary following the ancient road and original notes of survey of [page 110] to Grant to [triangle] under mound of stones at its lower or East angle;
14. South 71° 08 East 998 feet along Government lot #6 to + under mound of stones in roadway at intersection lots #6 and #5.
15. South 71° 25' East 590 feet along Opihikao Government lot #5;
16. South 76° 15' East 300 feet along Opihikao Government lot #5;
17. South 56° 47' East 819 feet along Opihikao Government lot #5 to stone + in roadway by mango tree with [triangle] cut upon it;
18. South 73° 54' East 735 feet along same to + under mound of stones by roadway and intersection of lots #5 and #4;
19. South 78° 15' East 634 feet along Opihikao Government lot #4 to [triangle] cut in roadway making the common angle of the land of Kauaea with Opihikao Government lots #4 and #2, thence along the old iwi aina;
20. South 78° 15' East 1186 feet along Opihikao government lot #2 to mound of stones in old Mahina ai "Kamahu."
21. North 80° 15' East 635 feet along said lot;
22. South 57° 30' East 1426 feet along said lot to + under mound of stones in ancient trail over the kihapai called Kuaana, being the common angle of the lands of Kauaea, Opihikao and Ililoa;
23. North 55° 12' East 341 feet along ancient trail to angle;
24. North 75° 09' East 299 feet along Ililoa; on ancient trail to mound of stones at intersection with ancient trail to the Paniau waterhole, distant about 150 feet, an ohia tree in trail marked [triangle] bearing North 90° East "magnetic" distant 20 feet;
25. South 49° 25' East 170 feet along Ililoa on ancient trail to angle;
26. South 47° 56' East 200 feet along Ililoa on ancient trail to angle;
27. South 50° 57' East 186 feet along Ililoa on ancient trail to angle;
28. South 37° 45' East 236 feet along Ililoa on ancient trail to rock mound;
29. South 44° 26' East 93 feet along Ililoa on ancient trail to angle;
30. South 45° 10' East 186 feet along Ililoa on ancient trail to angle;
31. South 45° 00' East 1212 feet to a point 50 feet below large mound of stones Kihapai called "Alakai;'
32. South 34° 35' East 749 feet along Ililoa;
33. South 36° 18' East 349 feet along Ililoa to a point 7 feet North "true" of a puhala tree, [triangle];
34. South 54° 46' East 525 feet along Ililoa to an iron pin at [page 111] at [sic] outside angle of stone wall a little above the Government road, from which point the Hawaiian Government survey Trig. Station "Kaakepa" bears North 50° 21' East "true" distant 3299.4 feet;
35. South 59° 18' East 417 feet along Ililoa to middle of Inlet called "Hopee" also Keawakehiko at sea shore, thence following the line of the sea shore in all its windings at high water mark to the extreme point of the aforesaid promontory "Kulepe" thence following the line of the sea shore in all its windings at high water mark to the extreme thence in a direct line to the point of beginning, which bears from the last station
36. North 52° 00' East 2393 feet
Containing an area of 1568 acres more or less.
As surveyed by A.B. Loebenstien.
It is therefore adjudged and I do hereby certify and decide that the boundaries of said land of Kauaea are, and hereafter shall be as hereinbefore set forth, and that Certificate of Boundaries No. 88 is hereby cancelled and set aside.
Given under my hand at Hilo, Island of Hawaii the second day of December A.D. 1899.
Rufus .A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, Island of Hawaii, Third and Fourth Judicial Circuits, Hawaiian Islands
[No. 177, Kauaea Ahupuaa, District of Puna, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, 1568 acres, 1899]