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Eleele ili, Hanapepe Ahupua`a, District of Kona, Island of Kauai, Boundary Commission, Kauai, Volume 1, Pages 76-80
No. 16
1873, Boundary of the Ili of Eleele
July 14, Received the following petition, Honolulu July 8th 1873 (No. 16)
Honorable Duncan McBryde, Commissioner of Boundaries for the Island of Kauai
Sir:
In accordance with an act passed and approved on the 22 June 1868 relating to the settlement of boundaries I now make application to you to define and settle the boundaries of the Ili of Eleele belonging to the Estate of his late Majesty Kamehameha V situated in the Ahupuaa of Hanapepe on the Island of Kauai.
I am. Sincerely, your Obedient Servant
Jn O. Dominis, Administrator of Estate of his late Majesty, Kamehameha V.
Thereupon appointed the 23 day of November A D 1873 for the hearing of said petition, and notified the leasee [sic] together with the leasee [sic] of Hanapepe and James Gay acting for the Crown of the time and plan of hearing.
Opai, sworn, The boundary commences at a rocky point on the sea shore at the junction of the Kuiloa boundary and called Kupuhili and thence mauka along the river & boundary of Kuiloa to a place on river bank called Palemo
thence to an auwai leading to a fishpond, Kualoau
thence through rice fields to a hole in pali, Nihoawa
thence up ridge to top and along top to Kanehoia
thence along top of pali and down face to hole, Heana
thence to old Heau juncture with Kuiloa at its mauka Northeast. corner, at a Pride of India tree, Kaluea
thence across river to Kailiili
thence up along old bed of river to Puuhau
thence to Kuhumu
thence to ridge stones crossing river, Waipa [page 77]
Thence to head of auwai of Eleele at Akeahi
thence up face of cliff to top of high rock and thence along pali to Rowell's stone wall and along stone wall to junction with the boundary of Wahiawa, thence along the Wahiawa boundary to the sea and ro ....
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North 62? 86' East 870 links crossing Hanapepe stream to a point where a small stream joins the main one. Thence
North 61? 19' East 369 links crossing small stream and on to bank. Thence
North 59? 14' East 418 links along bank and past place called Puuhau where a Tamarind and Mango tree are growing. Thence
North 32? 21' East 62 links Along Kuaauna [?]. Thence
North 51? 8' East 161 links along Kuauna.
North 56? 2' East 210 links along Kuaauna. Thence
South 77? 33' East 24 links along Kuaauna. Thence
North 41? 38' East 412 links along Kuauna. Thence
North 16? 23' East 175 links to bank of Auwai and called Kuhumu. Thence
North 60? 37' East 538 links along bank of Auwai. Thence
North 49? 25' East 447 links. Thence
North 40? 58' East 269 links along bank of auwai to Hanapepe stream and called Waipaa. Thence
North 49? 10' East 706 links crossing stream to its east bank. Thence
North 65? 50' East 384 links along bank of stream. Thence
North 82? 55' East 156 links along old bank of stream. [page 80] Thence
South 85? 12' East 835 links along old water course to foot of Keahi Pali and containing an area of Ten Hundred and Seventy one acres more or less.
This land is chiefly adapted for grazing purposes. It is very stony. There are in the valley a few acres here and there adapted and suitable for raising rice but to no great extent.
There is somewhere in this land in this land [sic] a block owned by a native, but as the boundary has never been defined it is not possible to say to what extent.
I hereby certify that this is a correct survey of Eleele as shown by the Crown Commissioner of Boundaries.
James Gay, Surveyor
Duncan McBryde, Commissioner of Boundaries, Island of Kauai
[No. 16, Eleele ili, Hanapepe Ahupua`a, District of Kona, Island of Kauai, Boundary Commission, 1071 acres, 1873]