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Mv',,;.tieal report Dec. 81 1924 :
INC $50, nineteen branches; nancy
sS,sn on Maui, three on Moloka t s ,S'
hl =, Lanai. The names OF 'u'
guy .,sss with the total number Of sou.l
!. Zach are as follows; wa,nu' 80
% Nm I,t, waikapu, Ssi Palehu' i49
wa. ,a Peahe, or Halauololo' 50
p p "a; Kamaole ;ss; k,anae' q,
i rsus 20, Hama, %; Kipahula. "a
v,, ,s, As; Lahaina, O.; Kanaula' 81
No. 49,. are on the island OF Maui
A Wv" ,h,.e branches on Malokai are
s ial with Is, Kalawpapor WIN
N- vi lyainalu. with 81 souls belonging
IN church. The branch on Lanai
~" WA palanai has only thirteen mem
.. The totals for the whole confer
w. Give ioa Elders, AZ Priests 4s
, 40 Deacons and IS lay mem
80. namely. as males and 4jo females.
Adm ais children under $ years oil
q" ,be total OF souls belonging to the
ssr,rb in the conference is ri64 divided
Wv -, amilies. This makes Maui
s s',,,ge,, conference in the Hawaiian
w.'ioo 4, will be remembered also
s.,Maui Is the CRADLE Of Mormonism
.,he Hawaiian Islands this being Elder
George Q. cannon's FIRST successful he'u
omissionary labor
Mani ranks as the second island OF the
u,vaiian group in point Of size and az
rc,l,urai Importance. The island Is
o,med of two mountain masses joined
,ose,her by low isthmus, the north
w,,,em part being the smaller. The
mountains Of that part OF the island are
ssr rugged, and are pierced by several
se,p valleys. On the northern side the
eia, lorm steep preeipices, facing the
go On the ives, the land is more un'
suls,ing and spreads out into pasture
i,sd,. The southeastern or main part
ain, island is filed up by the great
maintain Haleakala the house OF the
upl whose summit Is 1000 feet above
n, level Of the sea, 1t is also the largest
,uipel volcano In the world. The rim
of,be crater is nearly twenty miles IN
circumference, It's depth is a,7oo feet be-
low the highest point. The view from
,bs brink takes In the whole crater In
alil,s grandness, while the hills on It's
floor which are from five TO seven hun
dred feet 10 height, appear like ant hills.
The rim OF the crater is broken In two
nlaces by gaps, known respectively as
The Koolau and kaupo gaps. Through
these, In past times, the lava ran TO
the sea. The northeastern coast Is
rugged, forming a succession oil pals, or
pfecipices, facing the sea. The southern
slope is rocky, and marked here and
there BY old lava flows. The western
slope Is gentle and covered with grass.
which affords good pasture. The area
Of the whole island is 80 square miles;
rs length Is as miles; average breadth
70 miles; population In 1890. 1887.
The island Is divided into four civil or
political districts, named respectively,
lahaina, Wailuko, Makawao and Hama.
The Maui conference Is presided over
during the present term IRON April TO
October, 1888 by Elder Vim. III. Mem
donhall, assisted by Elders Henry Moss
asd Lewis X. Jenkins. Their head
quarters are al the town OF Waikiki,
which Is noted as the place where one OF
the 6nt branches OF the Church was or
ganiIed In the Hawaiian Islands. and is
still one Of the largest branches OF the
Church In the Mission. II has a meeting
house, Sunday School, a Relief Society
and Mutual Improvement association.
The town OF Wacluku is one oil the his.
lorc places on the islands. II was In !
the valley Of lao lying Immediately back
Of The town where knmehameha /. IN |
i7c1 defeated the king OF Maui. On |
tha. occasion the stream is said TO have |
been ehoktd up with dead bodies, and !
therefore the name Waikiki (the water |
Of slaughler) was given to the creek. |
Il was at Waikiki also that Walter NJ. |
Gibson held some Of his greatest con.
leiences with the natives aud told his |
Priesthood" certificates to them. |
Waikiki has at present about 2,ooo In.
habl,an,s. II Is situated on rising
ground about two miles inland. or three
miles from the landing place Kahului, on
ihe north coast OF Maui, with which II is
connected by railroad. II Is surrounded
BY The Wailuku plantation corn fields.
The Waihu branch comprises the
saints residing at the plantation aud vii.
age VI Waihu, which is situated about
no miles inland from the north coast OF
iaui and about four miles north OF
The branch has a lumber
meeting house, q Sunday School, a Re.
lel Society and Mutual Improvement
association; Kahalokai Is president.
Waikapu branch consists OF the Saints
tsding in the village OF that name
eautllully situated on the narrow neck
y land connecting the two sections OF
ne Island OF Maui, and commands a
eauliiul view OF Mount Hlleakalo and
Ne sea both north and south. The
ianch has neat little meeting house.
sunday School, Relief Society and a
lnlual Improvement Association.
The Pulehu branch, the largest in the
difference and one Of the first branches
gained on Maui, comprises the Saints
eslling 10 a scattered farming district
hown also as Kula on the northwestern
ope OF Mount Haleakalo. The meet.
* house belonging to the branch is
rnually located near the main road
we've miles southeast OF Wailuku and
oouI midway between the southwestern
pa Northeastern coast OF the island.
mere is also Sunday school, a Relief
oelely and Mutual improvement AS
.clalon' Paio has presided over the
ranch since 1894.
! ne Paia branch comprises the Saints
'iluing at or near the plantation OF Paia
nich Is situated near the north coast OF