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Waikahekahe Nui Ahupuaa, Puna District, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume A, No. 1, p. 234
Kukuau, District of Hilo
Waiaka, District of Kohala
Waikahekahe, District of Puna
Lahaina, August 4th 1873
Imua o ka Mea Hanohano R.A. Lyman, Ke Komisina Palena Aina no Ka Mokupuni o Hawaii
Owau no o ka mea nona ka inoa malalo iho nei ke noi aku nei au imua ou e hoomaopopoia a e hooia ioia na palena o ke Ahupuaa o Kukuau e waiho la ma Hilo ma ka Mokupuni o Hawaii, ame Waika ma Waimea Hawaii, ame Waikahekahe ma Puna, Hawaii; aka ke hooili pu aku nei au i ka Palapala Sila o Waiaka ame Waikahekahe a nani ke Komisina Palena Aina o ke Mokupuni o Hawaii e noonoo no ia mau aina a iloko oia Palapala Sila a`u e hooili aku nei ua lilo o Waiaka ia hoi Ahupuaa ma Kahu a a na lilo no o Pahoehoe ma Kona ia hoi oia Ka mea hoakaka ia oe Komisina Palena Aina o Hawaii.
A nolaila e olelo oe i ka mea ana aina e ana.
Owau no, me Ka Mahalo,
(signed) P. Nahaolehua
Lima Hooponopono Waiwai o
Albert Kuniakea
Waikahekahe Nui Ahupuaa, Puna District, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, Hawaii, Volume D, No. 5, pps 219-221
The Ahupuaa of Waikahekahe Nui, District of Puna, Island of Hawaii, 3d & 4th Judicial Circuits
Hilo, Hawaii, December 5th, 1898
The Commission of Boundaries for the Third and Fourth Judicial Circuits of the Hawaiian Islands, met at 10 a.m. at the office of the Department Sheriff of Hawaii, as the South Hilo Court is being repaired. Notice of hearing was served on the owners of adjoining lands, and notice of time and place of hearing was published in English language in the Hilo Tribune and in the Hawaiian language in the Hawaii Herald for three weeks as follows:
Notice
Commissioner of Boundaries
Notice is hereby given that A.B. Loebenstien, Attorney for W.H. Shipman, has this day filed application for the final settlement of the Boundaries of the Waikahekahe Nui, Puna District, island of Hawaii, fourth Judicial Circuit, and that the certificate of Boundaries of said land be issued.
It is hereby ordered that all parties interested in the boundaries of Waikahekahe Nui, appear before me at the Court House, South Hilo, Hawaii, at 10 a.m., December 5, 1898, and show cause, if any, why said petition should not be granted.
Rufus A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, island of Hawaii, Third and Fourth Judicial Circuits, Hilo, Hawaii, October 13, 1898
Hoolaha a ke Komisina Palena Aina
Oiai na waiho la mai he palapala noi kupono i hana ia ia`u e A.B. Loebenstein, ha Hope no W.H. Shipman, no ka hooponopono hope loa ana i na Palena Aina, a e hoopuka i Palapala Hooiaio Palena Aina no ke Ahupuaa o Waikahekahenui, Puna, Apana Hookolokolo Eha, Nolaila ke kanoha ia aku nei ma keia o na poe a pau i loaa na aina e pili ana i Waikakekahenui, e hele mai lakou ia na o`u ma Hale Hookolokolo o Hilo Hema, Hawaii, hora 10 a.m. o ka la 5 o Dekemaba, 1898, a e hoike mai i na kumu ina he kumu kekahi e ae ole ia ai ka noi o na Palapala Noi la i olelo ia.
Rufus A. Lyman
Komisina Palena Aina, Mokupuni o Hawaii, Apana Kaapuni Ekolu a me Eha
Hilo, Hawaii, Oct. 20, 1898; 11-31
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Petition for settling boundaries of Waikahekahe Nui, filed October 13th, 1989 is as follows:
Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, October 12,1898
R.A. Lyman, Esquire, Commissioner of Boundaries, 3d & 4th Circuit
Dear Sir:
Acting under instructions from W.H. Shipman, Esquire, owner of the Ahupuaa of Waikahekahe Nui, Land Commission Award 8522B, Royal Patent 2236, situate in the District of Puna. I hereby apply for a settlement of the boundaries of said land, and for the appointment of some day on which to take evidence in re the same.
The lands adjacent to said Waikahekahe Nui, are the lands of Waikahekahe iki, the lands of Makuu, & the land of Keaau, owned by the Queen Emma Estate, the government & W.H. Shipman, Esquire, respectively.
I have the honor to remain
Yours Respectfully,
(Signed) A.B. Loebenstien
Mr. A.B. Loebenstien stated, that he finds that R.A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, Island of Hawaii, 3d Judicial Circuit took evidence as to boundaries of Waikahekahe iki land adjoining Waikahekahe Nui, February 28, 1876, see Folio 339, book B, and Folio 400 and rendered decision as to boundaries of Waikahekahe iki on that day, and that said Commissioner of boundaries also took the evidence as to boundaries of Ahupuaa of Keaau on North West side of this land. See book A, Folios 191 to 198 June 4th and 9th 1873, and on January 21st 1875, rendered a decision as to ....
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.... t blank] to + marked on lava;
5. South 25° 44' west 3063 feet along [left blank] to + marked on lava
6. South 10° 17' West 2061 feet along [left blank] to + marked on lava 605 feet South of the Easterly of two caves at "Kalae,"
7. South 2° 10' East 7118 feet along [left blank] to + marked on lava under mound of stones at North edge of the ancient cultivating grounds of Oliolimanienie, the coordinates being South 37071 feet East 9831 feet referred to the Olaa Station, this point being the extreme West or mauka angle of Waikahekahenui, as also of Waikahekaheiki; the common angle of these two lands with Makuu;
8. North 36° 45' East 9258 feet along Waikahekaheiki, Land Commission Award No. 8520B, at the edge of the west or mauka bight of the ancient cultivating grounds of Wahikolae, the coordinates being South 29650 feet East 15370 feet referred to the Olaa Station;
9. North 11° 38' East 1117 feet along Waikahekaheiki to (cross) + marked on lava;
10. North 40°[?] 50' East 1427 feet along Waikahekaheiki to + marked on lava at foot of an ohia tree blazed XL1;
11. North 42° 35' East 950 feet along Waikahekaheiki to + marked on Kualapa or ridge;
12. North 37° 09' East 4117 feet along Waikahekaheiki to + and LXXX marked on lava under pile of stones, the coordinates being South 23553 feet East 19727 feet referred to the Olaa Station;
13. North 43° 28' East 3653 feet along Waikahekaheiki to angle, from which a "70" marked in the lava bears North 44° 40' East distant 474 feet;
14. North 45° 40' East 3603 feet along Waikahekaheiki to + marked on lava 232 feet below the old Pahoa trail at "Holoholokolea" the points in the lava marked "LX" bearing North 43° 47' East distant 462 feet, the coordinates being south 18384 feet, East 24816 feet referred to the Olaa Station;
15. North 43° 54' East feet along Waikahekaheiki to + marked on lava;
16. North 38° 00' East 2416 feet along Waikahekaheiki to + marked [page 126] on lava at "Kahikinakala," from which point a breadfruit tree blazed [triangle] bears South 18° 20' West distant 230 feet, the coordinates being South 12150 feet East 30470 feet referred to the Olaa Station;
17. North 37° 39' East 947 feet along Waikahekaheiki to + marked on lave at "Kaamea" the West angle of the "Kauhale. Kaamea bearing South 3° 00' West 205 feet;
18. North 29° 46' East 1295 feet along Waikahekaheiki to mound of stones between a cocoanut tree, and an orange tree at "Kamakai" distant 55 feet from the North edge of the lava, and 275 feet South of the South edge of the "Ohipupu" cultivating grounds;
19. North 48° 44' East 1163 feet along Waikahekaheiki to + marked on lava by a lone cocoanut tree blazed WN [over] W1 at "Pilinui" the coordinates being South 9509 feet East 32565 feet referred to the Olaa Station;
20. North 87° 29' East 4395 feet along Waikahekaheiki to + marked on lava, the mouth of a small cave bearing North 44° 00' East distant 947 feet and a Puhala tree blazed W bearing North 85° 17 West distant 806 feet, the coordinates being South 9316 feet East 36957 feet referred to the Olaa Station;
21. North 44° 50' East 9285 feet along Waikahekaheiki to + marked on lava ledge at sea bluff, 10 feet, mauka or inland form small inlet or cave, a [triangle with dot in it] mark on lava bearing South 44° 50' West distant 21 feet, this point being known as "Lahale" its coordinates being South 2729 feet East 43504 feet referred to the Olaa Station, thence down sea bluff to sea coast at high watermark, and along same to point below the initial point of this survey; thence up sea bluff to said initial point, the direct bearing and distance from the previous station being
22. North 56° 15' west 4882 feet to said point of beginning;
Containing an area of Four thousand one hundred and ninety-eight (4198) acres more or less.
As surveyed by A.B. Loebenstien
It is therefore adjudged, and I do hereby decide and Certify that the Boundaries of the said land of Waikahekahenui are, and hereafter shall be as hereinbefore set forth.
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Given under my hand at Hilo, Island of Hawaii, the twenty-third day of May A.D. 1900.
Rufus A. Lyman, Commissioner of Boundaries, Island of Hawaii, Third & Fourth Judicial Circuits, Hawaiian Islands
For evidence &c see Folio 286, Boundary records Book No. 5
[No. 180, Waikahekahe Nui Ahupuaa, Puna District, Island of Hawaii, Boundary Commission, 4198 acres, 1900; Hawaiian transcribed by J. Quintero]