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Claim Number: 01099
Claimant: Puniana
Other claimant:
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Island: Hawaii
District: Hilo
Ahupuaa: Ponahawai
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No. 1099, Puniana, Island of Hawaii, Ponahawaii, Hilo, 18 November 1847
N.R. 627v2


Know, O Land Commissioners officiating on the Island of Oahu, in the capital at Honolulu: I, Kaulua, hereby tell of my house lot claim in Hilo, in the Ahupua'a called Ponahawai, stating that the dimensions are: on the Puna side, 252 feet, on the makai side, 198 feet, on the Hilo side, 186 feet, on the mauka side, 246 feet.
With thanks,
KAULUA
To: William L. Lee, J ....

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.... r />He had received the land from his father Puni and upon Puniana's death on October 31, 1848, it has been bequested to his five children. The eldest is:

Kekuaiwa, Kamahiai (Female), Haole, Kualau, Like (8 yrs.)

Puniana's father had obtained this land during the time of Kamehameha I; no one has objected to him.

Peleula, sworn, He has known exactly as Puaa had related here.

[Award 1099; R.P. 1153; Ponahawai Hilo; 1 ap.; .82 Ac.]