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Royal Patent Number(RP)7715 LCA Number:09971*H
Patentee: Leleiohoku, William Pitt Island:Hawaii
District:Hilo TMK
Ahupua'aKikala Ili
Statistics: 6015 characters 987 words
No. 7715, Lunalilo, William C., Kikala Ahupuaa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Volume 29, pps. 57-59 [RP Reel 15, 465-467.tif]

No. 7715
Royal Patent Upon Confirmation by the Land Commission

Whereas, the Board of Commissioners to quiet Land Titles have by their decision awarded unto William Pitt Lunalilo, L.C. Award 9971, Apana 15.

An estate of Freehold less than Allodial, in and to the land hereafter described, and whereas proper application having been made by Honorable Charles R. Bishop to the Minister of Interior, for a Royal Patent for the within described land, a certificate defining the boundaries of the same having been filed and the Government commutation thereon being relinquished by order of the Privy Council.

Therefore, Kalakaua, by the Grace of God, King of the Hawaiian Islands, by this Royal Patent, makes known to all men, that he has, for himself and for his successors in office, this day granted and given absolutely, in Fee Simple, unto William Pitt Lunalilo all that certain piece of land situate at Ahupuaa Kikala, Hilo, in the Island of Hawaii, and described as follows:

Commencing at the makai cor ....

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.... 1/4 East 79.60 chains;
North 1° East 2.00 chains;
North 86 1/2° East 38.50 chains;
South 57 3/4° East 14.50 chains;
North 73 3/4° East 9.80 chains;
South 46 1/2° East 10.30 chains;
South 74 1/4° East 33.75 chains;
South 16° West 4.00 chains;
South 68 1/4° East 21.30 chains; to place of commencement.
Area 640 acres, more or less.
[page 59]
Containing 640 Acres, more or less, excepting and reserving to the Hawaiian Government all mineral or metallic mines of every description.

To Have and to Hold the above granted Land in Fee Simple, unto the said William Pitt Lunalilo, his Heirs and Assigns forever, subject to taxes to be from time to time imposed by the Legislative Council, equally upon all Landed Property held in Fee Simple.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the Hawaiian Islands to be affixed, this 22nd day of February, 1884.
/Signed/ Kalakaua R [Rex]
By the King
The Minister of Interior
/signed/ Ch. T. Gulick

[Royal Land Patent No. 7715, Lunalilo, William C., Kikala Ahupuaa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, 640 Acres, 1884]