The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-09-13
LAND BOARD At
LAST Gets BUSY
Large Number Of Minor Matters
Discussed and Definitely
Acted Upon.
(From Saturdays Advertiser }

(From Saturdays Advertiser.)
The advisory land board actually did
things yesterday afternoon. In fact, it
settled down and cleared off a big
bunch of accumulated business-all
small matters but all of more or less
Importance and all matters that needed
attending to.
The meeting of the board was en-.
tirely harmonious yesterday. There
was not a ripple of excitement. AMI any
differences that had previously exisred
between the land commissioner and any
member of the board appeared TO have
been forgotten. The meeting was, in
fact, so harmonious that it was agreed
among the members that they should
take turns lin moving and seeouding,
SO that the records should NOT make it
appear that any one member was MAX
ing himself too conspicuous This made
it necessary for Commissioner Dwight
to take active part in the deliberations,
which he did by saying Eyes" when
he was asked if he would move some
thing or other.
The word Homestead " appeared to
be fetich with Commissioner Trent,
who always objects strenuously to let
ting any land of any kind for any
purpose slip from the grasp of the Ter
ritory unless il is to be homesteaded
Mr.. Trent announced himself as oppos-
ed to leases of more than five years
and kicked on selling residence lots to
people who want them for residence
purposes. Even the residence lots along
the volcano road he wanted homestead.
. ed-iust like the Kawailoalele lots.
None of the big propositions before
: the board was touched on, but large
number of minor matters were definite
ly passed upon.
Secretary Brown read report from
the attorney general in regard to the
@ application of the Kwock Hin Society
to be allowed to purchase three acres
= of land now occupied by them at Kula
c Maui. Mr.. Lindsay wrote that as Nc
Q such society has filed articles with the
treasurer, he could not say whether ol
= not the application should be granted
!, Another opinion of the attorney.gen
. . eral was in reference to question il
l regard to the exchange of public
: lands. The board wanted to know
whether or not the law pro
vides double limitation-prevent
u ing an exchange on any land over forty
= acres in area, and also on any lan>
u u over $4,000 in value. Mr.. Lindsay stat
:, ed that his reply must be in thu
! affirmative. The land sought to be con
I, veyed must not exceed forty acres il
a area or be over $4,000 in value.
i Bishop Estate Request.
e The board voted to accede to tn
n petition of the Bishop Estate to be al
IS lowed to purchase a lot of about l4,01
S, square feet at Kaumakapili. The lau
5d will be put up at public auction an
the Bishop Estate may bid on it.
S, The board approved the applicatio,
l. of T. H. Gibson for lease of land a
it Puumalu, only changing the term o
II the lease from twenty-One years to fiji
a teen years. Trent objected to any leas
r. of over five years except where larg
G amount of money must be expended b.
r the lessee.
W A general lease of land at Pohall
IS Eva, term fifteen years, upset renta
10 1925 per annum, was allowed, but a
e Trent IS suggestion the term of the leas
9, was cut down from fifteen to five years
d The land is less than ten acres in arei
o The applicant was Cecil Brown fo
y Tong Wo Wal.
u University Club Lease.
o. The lease Of the University Club LOT
s. corner Of Miller and Hotel street, wa
4. taken up. Trent again objected, sayin
ID he was not in favor of leasing any cit
d. lots. 1t was suggested to reduce til
IN lease to five years. Andrade said tn
" club would not consider a fve-yea
ID lease. Campbell said all the club wan
lt ed was to get rid of the governmer
m stable that is now on the lot, and
Mt said he intended to remove the stab
re- and improve the lot. On this showing
10 and on Andrade's motion, the boar
declined to consider the lease.
lie The board also refused to consent
nj the sale of Alai and A, the land bein
es greater in area than can, under ii
DE- law, be sold.
ne The board also rejected the applic
e: tiOn to sell a three and one-half-acl
OF lot of sugar land, a portion of the oI
e. Mission lot in the town of Hama. I'll
Us applicant was the Kaeleku Sugar Cor
1s pany. The application of the san
10 company for a strip of land in exchanl
a. for land already taken by the goverl
ment for a road, an ancient matter, W;
-; approved.
30 The board declined to act on the a
ga plcation of j. II. Raymond for Il
AZ exchange of land at Kamaole, for Il
su reason that the land involved is t,
40 great in area, several thousand acre
~ General lease of seventeen acres
VI rice and kula lands at PolOlu, Hawa
10 applied for by G. c. Alsina, term fl
years, upset rental $3.50, was consent
TO.
,o An application for ffteen-ye
10 lease of S67 acres of land at Olauli
South Kona, upset rental $50 per a
nr- mum, was approved.