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Claim 154, [William Sumner]
F.T. 509-510v2
A tract of land called Kuilei, Kona Waititi.
Lahilahi, sworn, I know this land called Kuilei. It consists of kalo land principally, and some kula. I was born near it, and have lived there all my life. I cannot give the exact number of kalo patches. It consists of 4 distinct pieces, and one of sea, called Ele, beyond Diamond Hill. I went with Kalanikahua (surveyor) when he surveyed it, and the bounds given ....
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.... no one objecting. I am the overseer under W. Sumner.
Kapanui, sworn, I have seen the land of Kuilei for I had lived there at one time and I had also seen the time William Sumner had acquired this land during the reign of Kamehameha II. William S. and his heirs have always lived there peacefully to this time with no one objecting.
[Award 154; R.P. 1619; Kuilei Waikiki Kona; 1 ap.; 14.74 Acs; See Award 152 for Native Register and Foreign Testimony documents]