The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-29
IMMENSE LOT RETURNED TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
VIII be Either Leased Again or Sold
in Small Tracts-Particulars of Some
Leases.

public of Hawaii resulted in getting q 4
large number of the general leases of /
government lands into state of sus- |
pense, so that they were afterward |
either given up by the holders or are |
being held at the pleasure of the Ian,
department. The department is forced /
to do something with this vast amount
of property and it will shortly be either
released or sold.
The original lease of the Oahu Rail |
way and Land Company to I3S 1-3
acres of mixed land in Koolauloa, this |
island, will expire September next.
The lease was assigned some years ago
to James Campbell and is now owned
by the Campbell Estate.
Incorporated in the estate of the Re-
ciprocity Sugar Company are 37O27
acres upon which the lease expired
January 10, 1900. As this date was
within the period when there was a
question regarding the power of the
Territorial government to dispose of
public lands, the lease was not resold |
and the Reciprocity Company has re-
manned on the land merely as a tenant
at will. The lease will now be resold. |
The lease of the trustees of the An
glican church at Waiohinu, Kau,
which is for 1920 acres, has also ex-
pired In all likelihood the church will
be given the property again, either by
sale or lease.
The James Woods lease of the lands
of Kahei, in North Kohala, which had
been sold to r. X. Hind, expired May
5, 1900, since when the owner, or his
sugar company, has remained tenant
at will. There are 500 acres covered
by this lease and it is all very valu-
able cane land.
The lease of another tract, belong
ing originally to the same estate, and
purchased by Hind has also expired
and the last owners are merely ten
ants at will. There are 679 acres in
this tract, which adjoins the other in
Kohala.
The lease of the Kahua ranch prop
erty, also in Kohala, containing so
acres, is in the same boat with the
Hind land, the lease having expired
during the transition period.
Makee Sugar Company renewed it's
lease of the Hawaiian lands on Kauai
last year, buying A acres outright. The
total acreage is 2406, The lease for
merly belonged to Col u. S. Spalding.
Gaspar Sylva's 427 acres, known as
Mokuleia ranch, this island, are held
by Henry Waterhouse & Company as
tenants at will, What is to be done
with this valuable property is yet to
be determined.
The Eldridge lease of 1900 acres of
land in Kula Maui lapsed on Febru-
airy last. 1t is believed that some of
the Eldridge family still have a super
vision of the estate, but under no
agreement with the government
w. II. Cornwells lease of 2740 acres
in Kula lapsed on the same date, since
when he has been merely a tenant at
will.
Leases of R. r. Hind of two addi-
tional tracts in North Kohala, COM
prising 449 and $50 acres respectively
Npsed on January q last, since when
Hind and his associates have been
tenants at will.
Coming back to Maui, there is a nice
little piece of pasture land near Ulu-
palakua upon which the lease expired
on the 18th of this month. There are
1850 acres in the tract, and the lease
was held by the James 1. Dowsett Es-
tate. The estate is now a tenant at
will, but has an application on file for
a new lease.
Man Sing Wal has a lease of 1925
acres of rice land in Koolaupoko that
will expire on December / next. This
land is very valuable although the
acreage is small.
Not all of the Governments lands
are of great value, however. A. Ke-
kai had a lease of 75 acres of nasture
land on Kalihi ridge but could not
make enough out of it to pay the rent
so threw it up in 1899. The property is
still idle.
Another unoccupied tract of pasture
land near town is on the Waahila
ridge bordering Manoa valley. 1t con-
tain lS6 acres and was leased by the
L. Nivton, but the lease has expired
Not all of these leases have paid
very high. either. II. p. Baldwin held
the lease of 1900 acres on Maui for
which he paid the sum of $50 per an
mum for the whole tract. 1t goes
without saying that the new lease will
go for few dollars more. Baldwin's
lease was one of the old monarchy and
expired on August 8, 1900 since when
he has been a tenant at will.
Two hundred and ten acres of the
Pepeekeo Sugar Company's land at
Hilo Is also nearing a change of ar
rangements. The lease expired June
H. 1901, but as there was a crop on
the land an extension for one year
was granted.
Onomea Sugar Company win also
nave an opportunity of rendering apain
for some of its land. The lease of lO6
acres, known as the lands of Kaapoko,
near Hilo. will expire September 16
next.
r. r. Hind will have to rustic for
still another lot of land In Kohala later
In the year His leases to portions
of the uDper (455 acres) and lower CSC
acres) Of the Kahel lands Will expire
November 13.
Wailuku Sugar Company has already
lost its lease to 10,523 acres near Ka-
anapali The land has been surveyed
and some of the tracts have already
been sold.
Col. Sam. Parker's lease of his big
tract of 1900 acres on Hawaii will not
now expire until 1913. he having been
granted an extension of five years from
1908.
Another very important lease on
this island, to expire i'm August, is
that of the Lualualei lands in Waia-
nae, containing 1880 acres. The lease
belongs to the Dowsett Estate. The
Waianae Sugar Company has filed an
application for a lease of 900 acres of
| the land.
Pioneer Mill has in hand a number
of remnants at Lahaina as tenant at
Will, the leases having run out.
Tin Lees lease of valuable taro land