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Makila Ahupuaa, Lahaina District, Island of Maui, Boundary Commission, Maui, Volume 3, No. 2, pp. 206-223
Before the Commissioner of Boundaries in and for the Second Judicial Circuit, Territory of Hawaii.
In the Matter of the Application of the Pioneer Mill Company, Limited, for the Settlement and Certification of the Boundaries of the Ahupuaa of Makila, Lahaina, Maui, Territory of Hawaii.
Commissioner: Daniel H. Case. '
Under date of August 17th, 1926, the Pioneer Mill Company, Limited, an Hawaiian Corporation, filed before the undersigned, as Commissioner of Boundaries for the Second Judicial Circuit, its application for the settlement and certification of the boundaries of the Ahupuaa of Makila, situate in Lahaina, Maui, Territory of Hawaii.
This application, and the Exhibits 'A' and 'C' attached to and filed with it, were and are in words and figures as follows:
That your petitioner is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Territory of Hawaii with its principal place of business in Lahaina, Island of Maui, Territory of Hawaii;
That in and by Land Commission Award Number 8525B, Apana 6 to J.A. Kauwa, the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles under and by virtue of law did award to J.A. Kauwa the above named land by name only and without survey;
That the outer boundaries of the said land have not at any time heretofore been settled, determined or certified by any judicial tribunal;
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That your petitioner is the successor in title and interest to the said Kauwa and the owner of said land and as such owner desires to have the boundaries thereof described by survey, determined and certified;
That attached hereto and made a part hereof and marked Exhibit "A" is a description by metes and bounds of the outer boundaries of said Ahupuaa of Makila, Lahaina, Maui, Land Commission Award Number 8525B, Apana 6 to J.A. Kauwa, herein sought to be determined and certified;
That the said description so set forth in said Exhibit "A" of the boundaries as claimed by your petitioner is by a true azimuth survey and is connected by co-ordinates to the Government Survey Triangulation System;
Attached to this application and made a part hereof is a map or tracing marked Exhibit "B" showing all natural topographical features; permanent or otherwise, marked along said boundary lines, the bearings and distances of each course given in the description of survey and such other data from field notes as will make it practicable to re-establish any boundary mark or point that may become lost or destroyed;
That attached hereto, marked Exhibit "C" and made a part hereof is a statement showing the names of the lands adjoining said Ahupuaa of Makila, the boundaries of which are herein sought to be determined and certified, also the names wherever known of the owners of said lands;
Wherefore your petitioner prays that upon receipt of this application you notify this applicant, also the owners of all lands adjoining the Ahupuaa of Makila, the boundaries of which are sought to be determined and certified of the date when you will be prepared to hear this application and that you do give proper legal notice of the date and place of hearing of this application and after hearing you do decide, settle, determine and certify the boundaries of the Ahupuaa of Makila.
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Dated at Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, this 12th day of August, 1926.
Pioneer Mill Company, Limited
By (Signed) J.M. Dowsett, Its President
and (Signed) S.M. LOWREY, Its Treasurer
Seal
Territory of Hawaii City and County of Honolulu, ss.
S.M. Lowrey, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says: that he is Treasurer of Pioneer Mill Company, Limited, petitioner herein and as such is authorized to make and makes this verification on its behalf; that he has read the foregoing petition, knows the contents thereof and the same are true.
(Signed) S.M. Lowrey
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of August, 1926.
(Signed) T. Y. Alina
Notary Public, First Judicial Circuit, Territory of Hawaii.
Seal
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Exhibit "A"
Descriptions of the Ahupuaa of Makila, Lahaina, Maui, Land Commission Award 8525B, Apana 6, to J.A. Kauwa
Part 1
Beginning at a concrete post marked “III” on the mauka side of Front Street, the coordinates of said post referred to the "Laina" Triangulation Station, being 12614.9 feet South and 472.3 feet West, and running by true azimuths:
1. 243° 20' 1373 feet along the land of Kaulalo;
2. 240° 30' 149 feet along the land of Puehuehunui;
3. 253° 00' 234 feet along the same;
4. 276° 30' 66 feet along the same;
5. 340° 00' 16 feet along the same;
6. 255° 00' 174 feet along the same;
7. 331° 00' 20 feet along the same;
8. 231° 15' 175 feet along the same;
9. 245° 00' 234 feet along the same;
10. 325° 00' 17 feet along the same to the Kauaula Stream;
11. Southwesterly along the center of the Kuaula Stream along the direct azimuth and distance being approximately 48° 55' 2,750 feet;
12. Northwesterly along the seashore at high water mark to the extension of the first course above, the direct azimuth and distance being approximately 157° 30' 810 feet;
13. 243° 20' 210 feet, more or less – along Kaulalo, to the point of beginning, and containing an area of 32.45 acres, a little more or less, inclusive of 28.00 acres kuleanas.
Net area of konohiki Land – 4.45 acres, a little more or less
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Part 2
Beginning at a concrete post at end of ridge on the north side of Kauaula Valley, being
above and about 125 feet from the intake of the penstock of the Kauaula power plant, the co-ordinates of said concrete post from the "Laina" Trig. Station being 6940.6 feet South and 11615.6 feet East, and running thence by true azimuths:
1. Northeasterly following the top of the ridge along the land of Kuia, Land Commission Award 7716, Apana 11, to ....
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.... of Makila, Lahaina, Maui, Territory of Hawaii.
Land Commission Award 8525B, Apana 6 to J.A. Kauwa.
Boundary Commission, Second Judicial Circuit, Territory of Hawaii.
In the Matter of the Settlement of the Boundaries of the Ahupuaa of Makila, Lahaina, Maui, Territory of Hawaii.
An application to decide and certify the boundaries of the Ahupuaa of Makila, Lahaina, Maui, Territory of Hawaii, having been filed with me on the 17th day of August, 1926, by Pioneer Mill Company, Limited, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 42 of the revised Laws of Hawaii, 1925, relating to the settlement of boundaries.
Now therefore, due notice of the time and place of hearing having been given, and all testimony offered in reference to the said boundaries having been duly received, and heard, and no person having appeared in objection thereto, (as more fully appears in the records of the Boundary Commission of the Second Judicial Circuit, Territory of. Hawaii, in Boundary Commissioner's Book No. 3, Pages 206 to 220, inclusive), in accordance with the decision then rendered, I find and certify the true and lawful boundaries of the Ahupuaa of Makila, Lahaina, Maui, Territory of Hawaii, to be as follows:
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Part 1
Beginning at a concrete post marked “III,”on the mauka side of Front Street, the coordinates of said post referred to the “Laina” Triangulation Station being 12614.9 feet South and 472.3 feet West and running by true azimuths:
1. 243° 20' 1373 feet along the land of Kaulalo;
2. 240° 30' 149 feet along Puehuehunui;
3. 253° 00' 234 feet along same;
4. 276° 30' 66 feet along same;
5. 340° 00' 18 feet along same;
6. 255° 00' 174 feet along same;
7. 331° 00' 20 feet along same;
8. 231° 00' 175 feet along same;
9. 245° 00' 234 feet along same;
10. 325° 00' 17 feet along same to the Kauaula Stream;
11. Southwesterly along the center of Kauaula Stream along the land of Pahoa to the seashore at high-water mark, the direct azimuth and distance being approximately 48° 55' 2,740 feet;
12. Northwesterly along the seashore at high-water mark to the extension of the first course above the direct azimuth and distance being approximately 157° 30' 810 feet;
13. 243° 20' 210 feet, more or less, along Kaulalo, to the point of beginning, and containing an area of 32.45 acres, a little more or less, inclusive of 28.00 acres kuleanas.
Net Area of konohiki land - 4.45 Acres, a little more or less.
Part 2
Beginning at a concrete post at end of ridge on the north side of Kauaula Valley, being above and about 125 feet from the intake of the penstock of the Kauaula power plant, the co-ordinates of said concrete post from the "Laina" Trig. Station being 6940.6 feet South and 11615.6 feet East, and running thence by true azimuths:
1. Northeasterly following the top of the ridge along the land of Kuia, Land Commission Award 7716, Apana 11, to R. Keelikolani, to a 1 1/4 inch iron pipe, the direct azimuth and distance being 242° 14' 1980.2 feet;
2. 342° 49' 1007 feet along the land of Kauaula;
3. 336° 45' 97 feet - along same to the Kauaula Stream about 50 feet above the intake of the Piilani ditch;
4. Southwesterly following the center of the Kauaula Stream along the land of Puehuehu, the direct azimuth and distance being 65° 02' 1250 feet;
5. 90° 30' 239 feet along Land Commission Award 387, Section 4, No. 5 to American Protestant Mission and Land Commission Award 475, Apana 2, to Mu in Haleu;
6. 166° 30' 21 feet along Land Commission Award 7229, Apana 3, to Lono in Haleu;
7. 90° 30' 150 feet along Land Commission Award 7229, Apana 3 to Lono and Land Commission Award 7269, Apana 5 to Auwaa in Haleu;
8. 74° 15' 106 feet along Land Commission Award 493, Apana 3, to Kalalakoa and Land Commission Award 7263, Apana 2, Nahupu in Haleu;
9. 92° 35' 241 feet along Land Commission Award 7229, Apana 3, to Lono, Land Commission Award 8819B, Apana 9, to Fanny Young, Land Commission Award 6440 to Keawe, and Land Commission Award 7157, Apana 3, to Kanekuapuu in Haleu;
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10. 11° 00' 17 feet along Land Commission Award 7157, Apana 3, to Kanekuapuu;
11. 91° 00' 13 feet along same;
12. 3° 00' 8 feet along same;
13. 68° 00' 195 feet along Land Commission Award 8519B, Apana 8 to Fanny Young in Haleu, and Land Commission Award 6219, Apana 3, to Maaweau in Puunau of Kapu;
14. 156° 45' 38 feet along Land Commission Award 4878V to Koolani in Puunau of Kapu;
15. 105° 00' 133 feet along same;
16. 20° 30' 51 feet along same;
17. 156° 00' 159 feet along Apana 4 of Puunau, Land Commission Award 6400 to Kapu;
18. 92° 00' 176 feet along same;
19. 60° 00' 156 feet along same;
20. 164° 10' 94 feet along Apana 2 of Puunau nui, Land Commission Award 10613 to A. Paki;
21. 233° 10' 121 feet along Land Commission Award 4878S to Kule in Puunau Nui.
22. 134° 00' 138 feet along same;
23. 151° 30' 114 feet along same;
24. 252° 00' 23 feet along Land Commission Award 6507, Apana 1 to Apaa in Kooka to Piilani ditch;
25. 166° 00' 290 feet along same and Piilani ditch to land of Kuia;
26. 269° 33' 647.7 feet along Kuia, Land Commission Award 7716, Apana 11, to R. Keelikolani, to the point of beginning.
Area - 58.5 Acres, a little more or less.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Wailuku, Maui, Territory of Hawaii, this 30th day of June, 1927.
Daniel H. Case, Commissioner of Boundaries of the Second Judicial Circuit'
Territory of Hawaii.
One day's work at $10.00, $10.00; Five certificates at $2.00 each,10.00;
Interpreter, 1.00; Postage – approximately .50; Clerical work - mailing notices, etc., 2.00; 10 folios of descriptive matter at 50c per folio 5.00;
22 folios of record and proceedings at 25c per folio, 5.50; [Total] $34.00
[No. 220, Makila Ahupuaa, Lahaina District, Island of Maui, Boundary Commission, Part 1, 4.45 acres; Part 2, 58.5 acres; 1927]