Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-21

praisements. and as stated the provi-
sions of this section we're carried out to
the letter Immediately upon conclusion
of survey of the lands, but re-subdi-
vision renders necessary a re-appraise-
ment. which should be completed with
in two weeks from this date.
OF the l2Ol1 acres of kaunamano
Classed as cane land 1851 acres had a
crop of cane growing on the land on
January /, 1906.
Incorrect Claims.
Your clai moi right to acquire one
hundred acres each because law states
land shall be laid out in lots of NOT
OVER one hundred acres of first class
agricultural land" and that the Com
missioner assumes that "he is the law
If he does not meet your demands is a
claim that is certainly original. and
said claim cannot for one moment be
conceded to be correct.
Your next statement would imply
that have demanded that you promise
to plant cane on the land and that /
have laid down rules of cultivation
etc, ard | suppose you base this upon
my request that applicants make sat.
isfactory showing that they are cap
able and ready to maintain the pres
qut high state Of cultivation and pro-
duction of these lands" Now. as q
matter of fact an inspection of the let.
/ tiers on file at this Office will show tina,
you have repeatedly stated that yor
| propose to raise cane and that my only
mention OF the class of crop was In my
letter of September 22nd where II state.
that 1T is the desire Of the government
| that every precaution be taken to in
sure continuation of the cultivation
Of the lands either in sugar cane OF
such more profitable industry as may
developc."
Cane Cultivation.
You next state that | acknowledg,
that . person should have thirty oil
forty acres and yet for some reason
| which we cannot fathom. In your lat,
re-subdivision you have reduced tn,
! area to fifteen to twenty acres" Yol
base this acknowledgment" upon m!
statement that IAN ordinary famil!
cannot attend to more than thirty d
forty acres OF land" II you are at al
familiar with the facts regarding labo
necessary in cultivatlng land In thi
country you know that even famil.
| (unless IL was very large one) coult
not handle thirty or forty acres o
arabic land. let alone person" Tn
land that you desire mostly cane Ian,
and as you have always stated that yol
propose to raise cane on said land |
you get possession, | will take you
word for II and answer accordingly
You are probably aware that the limi
OF area in cane that one man can at
tend to runs from five to seven acres
This would be an average OF six acre
to the person" The total area q
cane land in the tract that you desir,
Is 120i.l acres. and II this is cut up int
Sc lots, the average cane land to the Ia
will be about 2i.5 acres. As many q
the lots will also include pasture Ian
the actual average area of the Sc LOT
will be about 800 acres each, and ther
will be three lots, OF pasture only. con
tanning area OF PALS acres. II TIL
, land Is taken by a colony of fifty-si
families OF farmers they will need en-
ploy but few outside laborers. but ~
10 cut up for the benefit OF the nlnetee
members of your association IL wi
also be for the benefit of hundred an
, fifty or more alien (or other?) labo
ers.
. Number Applicants.
find that you have seventeen ma
and two female applicants. OF the la
ter one is a school teacher and the otl
: er housekeeper or the former, yot
, list states that there is | physician,
: attorney, 1 electrician, / merchant,
4 carpenters, 3 stock raisers, / plante
! / cowboy, 2 laborers, farmers and
! other whose occupation Is not give
. though II is 70 he hoped that he
also n farmer. Nine are married az
nine are single-one not stating whetI
Il er married or single.
n do'not assume for one moment tn
). you cannot and do not believe for OF
d moment that you will not employ ar