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Royal Patent Number(RP)7788 LCA Number:08452*H
Patentee: Keohokalole, A. Island:Hawaii
District:Puna TMK
Ahupua'aPuua Ili
Statistics: 5988 characters 1000 words
No. 7788, Keohokalole, A., Puua Ahupuaa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Volume 29, pps. 125-127 [rp Reel 15, 538-540.tif]

No. 7788
Royal Patent Upon Confirmation by the Land Commission

Whereas, the Board of Commissioners to quiet Land Titles have by their decision awarded unto A. Keohokalole, L.C. Award 8452, Apana 15

An estate of Freehold less than Allodial, in and to the land hereafter described, and whereas proper application having been made by Samuel M. Damon, the present owner of said land to the Minister of Interior for a Royal Patent on 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 during the Reign of Kamehameha III.

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 A. Keohokalole all that certain piece of land situate at Puua, Hilo, in the Island of Hawaii, and described as follows:

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.... No. 1534;
North 17 1/4° East 8.65 chains along Koae, Grant No. 1534 to X cut in pahoehoe in awawa at "Kipu," the corner of Grant No. 1534, at sea pali;
South 54° East 28.75 chains, general course along sea shore;
South 80° East 11.80 chains in bent line along sea shore to place of commencement;
Containing an area of 4919 acres.

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Containing 4919 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 A. Keohokalole, his [sic her] 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 27th day of October, 1885.
/Signed/ Kalakaua R [Rex]
By the King
The Minister of Interior
/signed/ Charles T. Gulick

[Royal Land Patent No. 7788, Keohokalole, A., Puua Ahupuaa, District of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, 4919 Acres; 1885]