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No. 7030, Harbottle, William, Opana Ahupuaa, Hamakualoa District, Island of Maui, Volume 25, pps. 117-118 [RP Reel 14, 940-941.tif]
No. 7030, Royal Patent Upon Confirmation of the Land Commission.
Whereas, the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles have by their decision awarded unto Wm. Harbottle, Kuleana Helu 2937 an estate of Freehold less than Allodial, in and to the land hereafter described, and whereas S.B. Dole, Esquire has made application to the Minister of Interior for a Royal Patent for the above land, and all Government fees thereon being duly satisfied
Therefore, Lunalilo Kalakaua, by the Grace of God, King of the Hawaiian islands, by this Royal Patent, makes known unto all men, that he has, for himself and his successors in office, this day granted and given absolutely, in Fee Simple, unto William Harbottle, all that certain piece of land situate known as the land of Opana, Hamakualoa,in the Island of Maui and described as follows:
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Beginning at a concrete post marked X at the top of a high bluff at sea from which point the Government Survey station on Kuloli Hill bears South 7.24 East true (true bearing) Kahakuloa Bluff signal North 72°.9.7 West (T) an ....
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.... avine just east of Kuloli Hill
North 0.58 East true bearing 2899.4
North 2.34 West true bearing 330 to a rock marked H at top dividing two ravines, thence down the main gulch, the bottom of gulch being boundary to a point at shore that bears
North 2.2 West true distant 5440 feet
North 48.58 East true distant 183 feet
North 77.8 West true distant 2574 feet top of cliff being the boundary between these points to concrete post at point of commencement.
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Containing one thousand four hundred & sixty-eight 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 Harbottle, his heirs and assigns forever, subject to the 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 17 day of November, 1877
[Signed] Kalakaua R [rex]
No Ka Moi, He Kuhina Kalaiaina J. Mott-Smith
[Royal Land Patent No. 7030, Harbottle, William, Opana Ahupuaa, Hamakualoa District, Island of Maui, 1,468 acres, 1877]