Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-13
Typographical Features o
Lands in Hawaii Carefully
Described.

4.O15 square miles, or 100000 acres.
The Chairman. How much OF that is
public land?
Mr.. Boyd. About one.half.
The Chairman. As indicated by the
yellow and green portions of the map?
Mr.. Boyd. Yes, sir.
The Chairman. Tell us as to the to.
Biography OF the island.
Mr. Boyd. On the windward side Of
the island, extending from Upolu
Point down to and including the Wal.
pio Valley, the Typographical features
are what we may designate as deep,
narrow valleys, inaccessible mountains
and forests.
The Chairman. How high above the
level of the sea does the land on the
Island of Hawaii rise at the highest
point?
Mr.. Boyd. The mountain of Mauna
Kea is 1890 feet high. The land
rises very abruptly on the windward
side to the mountain top. as you can
see by the elevation lines.
Tie Chairman. Are there any high
mountains besides the one of which
you speak?
Mr.. Boyd. There is one here, Mauna
Loa.
The Chairman. How high is that?
Mr.. Boyd. That mountain is 1866
feet high. There are also two othei
mountains, Hualalai and Kohala
which are respectively 1863 and $500
feet in height.
Senator Foster. Mauna Loa Is @
volcano, is II not?
Mr. Boyd. Yes; II is sometimes in 9
state of eruption. This is also vol
cano lindicatingl.
The Chairman. What Is the volcano
to which you point?
Mr.. Boyd. Kilauea.
The Chairman. Is II live volcano
now, in state OF eruption?
Mr.. Boyd. It is internationally active
The Chairman. How high Is il ahov,
the level of the sea?
Mr.. Boyd. Four thousand feet.
The Chairman. So that the topogra
ply of that mountain is mountainous
Mr.. Boyd. On the windward side
yes, sir.
Senator Burton. What do you meal
by the windward side?
Mr.. Boyd. The northeast side OF til,
island. where the trade wind come
from.
The Chairman. The prevailing wind
come from the northeast?
Mr., Boyd. The prevailing winds ar,
the northeast trades; yes.
The Chairman. From San Francis
co? San Francisco is northeast o
Hawaii.
Senator Foster It is more east thar
north.
The Chairman. Yes; 1t is more cas-
than north. They come more from tn,
north.
Mr.. Boyd. In many places on tn,
western side of this island the land Il
quite level, but devoid of any water
and also covered with lava and al
rock.
The Chairman. Is this level Liant
down here?
Mr., Boyd. No. sir; that is mountain
Gus land.
The Chairman. 1t is practically al
mountainous, is 1t not?
Mr.. Boyd. Yes, sir.
The Chairman. Where Is there an,
level land there at all?
Mr.. Boyd. 1t is in the district Of Hi
10, all along here, down here to Kau.
The Chairman. That is on the east
ern side?
The Chairman. That is on the east
ern side?
Mr.. Boyd. No; the southeastern side
Senator Burton. Where Is the suga
land?
Mr.. Boyd. The sugar lands are scat
tered all along this coast.
Senator Burton. On the mountains
Mr.. Boyd. Well, extending up iron
the sea from 800 to $500 feet accord
ing to locality.
The Chairman. From the top Of thi
mountain you have pointed out dow
to the water on the windward sid
there is a rapid descent, as | undeI
stand 1t, broken into ravines?
Mr. Boyd. The land is greatly EroT
en- all along a part oil the Kohala an
Hamakua mountains by gulches, ranl
ing from small ones to ravInes $50
feet deep. or course in the stretche
of land along here some of our yer
large plantations are situated; but a
low me to say that they have no irrigi
ton facilities. They trust to rain fo
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