The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-30
PREPARES LETTER
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and maintained at least twenty-five
| growing trees per acre upon the re-
| mainder of the land for at least four
years and has paid the purchase price.
2. Right of Purchase Lease. The
hcmesteader obtains lease for TWEEN
ty-one years, with a privilege Of pur-
chasing the land at any time during
that period after three years on GER
tain conditions; he pays a yearly rem
} tai equal to per cent of the price
OF the land; he must reside on the
land from the end Of the first year to
/ the end of the fifth year; he must,
0 before the end of the third year, re-
{ duce to cultivation not less than per
cent and before the end of the fiji,
/ year not less than 10 per cent of tie
| land, and Keep in growing condition
an average of not less than ten trees
/ per acre Of the whole area, if the land
/ is agricultural, or fence IT, if it is pas
toraL At any time after three years
during the period Of the lease he may
obtain patent upon laying the price
of the land, if he has reduced to cul.
tivation 25 per cent of the land and
resided on the land not less than two
years and performed all other condi-
tions.
homesteader pays one-fourth of the
price down and the balance in equal
instruments in one, two and three
years, with interest at 6 per cent per
annum, with the privilege of paying
at an earlier date and stopping inter-
est; he must reside on the land from
the end of the hrst to the end of the
third year; he must before the end of
the third year, have under cultivation
20 per cent of the land and maintain
an average of at least ten trees per
acre, if it is agricultural land, or fence
it, if it is pastoral. A patent is then
given.
T. Settlement Association. Six or
more persons may take adjoining lots
under either right of purchase leases
or cash freehold agreements, in which
case the right to take is confined to
the members of the association. The
object is to encourage American set
tiers by giving them an opportunity
to form congenial communities.
5. Homestead Lease. There is no
purchase price; the homesteader first
receives a certificate of occupation, for
which he pays a fee of So; at the end
of six years, if he has performed the
required conditions, he obtains a
lease for 999 years without rent, for
which he pays So; he must reside on
the land from the end of the second
yelr, and must reduce to cultivation
least 10 per cent of the land, or else
reduce to cultivation per cent and
plant and keep in growing condition
an average of not less than ten trees
per acre of the entire land, if it is ag-
ricultural, or fence it, if it is pastoral. {
The land cannot be transferred and
S exempt from execution. Under this
method a person and his descendants l
are practically given home for moth
ng and secure in the enjoyment of it $
both against their own acts and G
against legal process as long as they l
Use the land as a home. I
Products. L
The principal products are sugar,
ice, coffee, pineapples, bananas, to- Il
,acco cotton, rubber, sisal and live L
took These crops require periods Of
rom one and one-half to six years to
nature; the soil is rather heavy and t
Llso needs to be plowed deep; pests Il
AVE to be combated and transporta. h
ion facilities are not always the best, r
these are improving rapidly. "
Hence a person should not take up Ii
AMI unless he has a little capital (say d
2O0G or $4,000 to keep him going for e
ome time-until he can get his farm
N q paying basis. Much successful
work has been carried on for
many years for ascertaining the most v