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Halawa Ahupuaa, District of Kona, Island of Oahu, Boundary Commission, Oahu, Volume 2, No. 1, pps. 163-164
Boundaries of Halawa
Application
[margin notes:] Chg p. 28, Filed July 26, 1873
Honolulu, July 26th 1873
L. McCully Esquire, Commissioner of Boundaries
Sir, His Excellency, the Minister of the Interior has declined to issue a Royal Patent on the basis of the decision of the late Commissioners of Boundaries relating to the boundary between the Ahupuaa of Aiea & Halawa in the District of Ewa.
As Administrator of the Estate of the late Mrs. Rooke, I therefore beg to apply to you for the settlement of the boundaries of the Ahupuaa of Halawa in the District of Ewa, granted to her by Land Commission Award No. 8516.
Very Obediently Yours,
H.A. Widemann
Department of Interior, Honolulu, July 25, 1873
Honorable H.A. Widemann,
Sir, Your Application for a Royal Patent for the Ahupuaa of Halawa, District of Ewa, island of Oahu, of this date, has been received.
In reply, I have examined the description given of the boundary of said land by the late Commissioner of Boundaries and consider it altogether too indefinite to be embodied in a Royal Patent; and for this reason must decline to comply with your application.
Your Obedient Servant
Edwin O. Hall.
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Beginning at a point on the sea
To folio 334
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.... eak adjoining Kalauao, said peak bearing from Salt Lake 225° 26' 29495 feet; thence
South 61° 14' West 4500 feet along Kalauao, the boundary following the ridge to peak Kawipoo; thence
South 68° 24' West 8840 feet as above to peak Uwau, at the head of Aiea Valley; thence
South 26° 00' West 1880 feet along Aiea, the boundary being the watershed of ridge; thence
South 54° 30' West 5330 feet as above to point Kaulainahee, mark Maltese cross in ground; thence [page 335]
South 80° 1' West 1086 feet along Aiea, and ridge to point Pooholua on brow of a hill; thence
South 54° 38' West 4856 feet along Aiea to Pohakuumeume, a marked and legendary rock, whence Salt Lake Station bears 348° 43' distant 7883 feet; thence
South 60° 53' West 5190 feet along Aiea, to flat rock marked “Halawa” mauka of Government road; thence
South 57° 55' West 3902 feet along Aiea, to point “B” marked with three buried stones, H.A & [up arrow]; thence
South 71° 10' West 700 feet along Aiea, to the makai end of the stone wall separating the fish ponds of Keilapaie (which is in Halawa) & Kahakupohaku; thence
Along the East shore of Pearl River Bay to the sea; including the Island of Kuahua and all fish ponds now skirting this coast, and along the seashore to initial point, the line being the high water mark & fish pond walls along above mentioned shores.
Area 8712 Acres
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 25th day of February A.D. 1875
Lawrence McCully, Commissioner of Boundaries, Oahu
[No. number, Halawa Ahupuaa, District of Kona, Island of Oahu, Boundary Commission, 8712 acres, 1875]