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No. 11, Rebecca M. Johnstone, claimant.
F.R. 31-33v1
J. Gerritt P. Judd, Minister of the Interior, hereby lease a certain piece of ground together with the buildings and other improvements thereon, situated at Nuuanu and bounded as follows:
[margin note: Presented 2 o'clock P.M. 10 March]
Commencing at the western corner of a stone fence between this lot and a lot leased by the Reverend Lowell Smith, running from thence,
South 55° East 226 1/2 feet along said lot of Reverend L. Smith to the land of James Robinson, thence running
North 30° East 252 feet along the land of James Robinson, to land owned by natives; thence running
North 62° West 83 feet along said land of natives; thence running
South 60° West 45 1/2 feet to the rear of Mrs. Johnstone's cookhouse; thence running
North 35° West 71 feet along the lands of natives to the northern corner of the stone fence; thence running
South 40° West 217 1/2 feet to the place of beginning, comprising an area of [left blank].
[margin note: this document and bill of sale signed Edwin O. Hall, returned to the claimant with her copy of award, 26 May 1847, J.H.Smith, secretary]
To Mrs. Rebecca Johnstone, wife of Mr. Andrew Johnstone, to be used and employed by her or her heirs and assigns for thirty years from this date upon the following conditions, viz.:
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.... d but the property was for Kauikeaouli. They said it was a place for him (Kauikeaouli) to rest when he made trips inland, thus Kinau granted this land. At that time, the land being to the ruler but then there was that worthless man named Kaiako who held Konohiki rights from the King himself. When Kaiako, a Konohiki as a tailor for the chief died, Kinau asked me to recover that property.
Question: What is Kinau's rights?
M. Kekuanaoa: The chief is the authority.
Question: What is Kinau's rights at the present time?
M. Kekuanaoa: No rights to that place granted to Mr. Hall but to some other place because this is a house lot; however, the time grant of the property shall be to Kinau's heirs.
Question: Is the inheritance of that land with her at this time?
M. Kekuanaoa: It is with me but Kinimaka is the man.
Question: Was anyone at the place that Mr. Hall returned to the kingdom?
M. Kekuanaoa: Anyone or not, don't know.
Question: No one ask for that place?
M. Kekuanaoa: No, because there are only dry pastures (kula).
[Award 11; R.P. 763; Maemae Honolulu Kona; 1 ap.; 1.7 Acs; Supposedly Rebecca Johnstone gets a grant and the Government gets Award 11; Numerical index does not list Rebecca Johnstone, but the Awardee index does; Royal Patent lists Hapule as patentee for 763 in Halawa Molokai; no RPs or LGs to Johnstone]