The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-30

The Public Lands of the Territory OF
Hawaii comprise about 100000 acres.
OF this total there are some 100000
acres which may be classed as barren,
owing to the fact that they are rugged
and inaccessible mountain tracts, hope
less in the extreme as homesteads. I'm
der the classification of grazing or tor
est lands there are included one million
acres, leaving, according to the present
division, only about 10000 acres OF So
called frst-class agricultural land. OF
this there are $4,000 acres which are
classed as kula or rice and taro lands
and sugar lands. 1t is not close classl-
fcation this, for of the million acres OF
forest lands the past has shown that
probably 10 per cent are as highly pro-
ductive as any of the lower areas
The higher lands, those which have
heretofore been known only as cattle
lands and more recently as forest re-
serves, are now being made more easy
of access through the building of roads,
where formerly only trails were used
and the value of the acreage will in
crease in proportion as they are opened
The lands are often so situated that cul-
tivation will make them as great con-
servers of rainfalls as if they are kept
in forests. and thus there is a conse-
| quent prospect that the near future vii
see many hundreds of acres added te
the arabic areas.
Among the lands classed as agrfcul
| tural there are acres which are in close
contiguity to sugar plantations, ant
some of these of course are not available
for general agriculture, except where
special arrangements have been made
| with the plantations for the use OF watel
| for .irrigating purposes. The expens'
| of putting water upon the dry lands i
heavy, and this precludes any other thai
action in concert, or through large cor
porations, which are able TO put hun
| dreds of thousands of dollars int
pumps and pipe lines.
| The average price of sugar lands from
| private owners is from SIS to 500 al
acre but from the government to home
| steaders the average is $40 to SIS. COT
| fee lands range at from $40 to SIS al
acre under homestead agreement. Graz
| ing lands run from $I.25 up.
| The Public Lands of Hawaii are TN
der control of Commissioner, who's
office is at Honolulu, but who has rep
resentatives ON each of the island:
These officials are always at the dispose
of seekers after facts, as they are of til
general opinion that there is room fo
thousands of small and general farmer
| upon whom rest the hope of the Ter
/ ritory, and hold themselves at the SCI
vice of intending settlers. The land
are classified as follows:
CLASSIFICATIONS.
| I. Agricultural Lands. First class
! Land suitable for the cultivation {
Fruit, Coffee, Sugar or other perenni;
crops with or without irrigation.
! Second Class: Land suitable for ii
cultivation of annual crops only
/ Third Class: Wet lands such as kal
and rice lands.
/ II. Pastoral Land First class Lar
not in the description of Agricu1tur
}, land but capable of carrying livestock II
year through.
| Second Class: Land capable of carr,
ing livestock only part of the year, {
otherwise inferior to First Class Pasto
al land.
III. Pastoral Agricultural Ian
Land adapted in part for pasturage ar
in part for cultivation.
i W. Forest Land Land producer
forest trees but unsuitable for Guilty.
ton.
I V. Waste Land. Land not include
in the other classes.
The Act provides three princip
. methods for the requirement of Publ
Lands, under systems known as
l. Homestead Lease
II. Right of Purchase Lease.
III Cash Freehold.
GENERAL QUALIFICATION O
APPLICANTS.
Applicants for land must be ov
eighteen years of age, must be citizel
by birth or naturalization or have r
ceived certificate of declaration of i
tention to become citizen, but und
no civil disability for any offense; III
delinquent in the payment OF take