Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-13

goes Gown until the district OF Hilo is
reached. Or course, the district OF Hi.
10 is the best district in the island.
The Chairman. AS | understand,
these broad areas indicated by the
green and yellow coloring toward the
center of the island are all mountain.
Gus. Are they susceptible of cultiva.
ton at all?
Mr.. Boyd. I hardly believe It.
The Chairman. How high are they?
| know the peak is 10000 feet high.
Mr.. Boyd [indicatingl. Six thousand
feet at this point, and about 5000 feet
at this point.
Senator Foster. A large area of that
territory, then, is not susceptible Of
being used for agricultural purposes?
Mr.. Boyd. That is the fact
Senator Foster. Does any timber
grow on It?
Mr. Boyd. There is a thick forest
over here. 1890
The Chairman. How high is it up to
the timber line, as 1t is caliedT
Mr.. Boyd. The forests extend from
30S5 to 5000 feet. Above that the land
is absolutely devoid of any forests, or
anything except clinkers.
The Chairman. From 5000 up to
1900 feet?
Mr.. Boyd. Yes; it is absolutely de.
void of any vegetation.
The Chairman. Now. give us some
idea Of the value of this land belong.
ing to the Government that is suscep.
tible of cultivation for sugar or any.
thing else.
Mr.. Boyd. The lands along the north,
eastern and southeastern coast here
average from $50 to 800 an acre. cas-.
lily. Any land that is susceptible OF
cultivation will readily bring that
amount. You can see for yourself
that the Government lands, or public
lands as they are now called lie sand.
wiched in between all these private
lands. Even where you see the color
of the Grown lands" so called, there
are great many private interests. the
map being on such a small scale as not
to show them.
The Chairman. So that along here on
the wlndward side, where you are lndi.
eating, the Government lands are in.
terspersed with the private lands?
Mr.. Boyd. They are cut up; yes. sir.
The Chairman. And in small areas
Mr.. Boyd. In small areas. We have
big tract of land here named KAPPA
pala. containing 192.7sO acres. From
1900 feet to 1900 feet altitude that is
very good land. About $500 feet II is
absolutely useless, and below 1900 feet
1t s absolutely useless.
The Chairman. What is 1t worth an
acre where you say 1t is good land?
Mr.. Boyd. For grazing land, from
$3.50 to SO an acre.
The Chairman. think that gives us
a good idea of the conditions on that
island.
,tAt this point Mr.. Boyd produced @
map of the Island of Maui.)
Mr.. Boyd. This is the map of Maui
the second largest island in the group
The Chairman. What is its size?
Mr.. Boyd. Maui has an area of 72(
square miles, or 100000 acres. AS yor
see, gentlemen, there is a third color
represented there. That pinkish color
represents the Bishop Estate lands.
The Chairman. Who was Bishop?
Mr.. Boyd. That is what is called the
chiefs land.
The Chairman. One of the chiefs
was named Bishop?
MI. Boyd. Yes-Mrs. Bishop. In tn,
original division of 1S4S there wer,
three classes of lands-crown lands
government lands, and chiefs lands
besides private ownership.
The Chairman. There were foul
classes. then?
Mr. Boyd, Four classes of lands.
The Chairman. And this was tn,
Bishop Estate?
Mr.. Boyd. Yes, sir. Now. gentlemen
on this island the public lands consis
of inaccessible mountain sides, as yol
can see by the topography of tn,
country. This stretch of land ovel
here is very valuable to the Govern
ment.
Senator Cockrell What is 1t valua
BILE for?
Mr.. Boyd. For water purposes; tina
is all that can be done with it, From
here, right across here
The Chairman. What is that-a dc
cline Of a mountain?
Mr.. Boyd. We'll, no; 1t does not e