Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-19
GOVERNOR MAKES
EXPLANATION
ON LANDS


changes is minated by an interview
given ont by the Governor yester.
day. Every lceway has been given to
, the homcstpadprs but AT the same
/ time the law that they must work the
land themselves and not turn II over
to someone else is to be strictly car
riCd ont. 70 this end the cultivation
conditions have been 80 arranged that
( no one shall take n larger area than he
| can cultivate himself
| The Governors statement on the
/ matter is as follows:
"rhc land drawing. the advertise.
mrnt of which is beginning today, Will
/ be the third large land.drawing since
the amendments of the Organic Ac,.
1 There have been also several smaller
| drawings. The drawing now advCr.
| tisod will cover 29S lots of VARYING
, arCas i'm seven different localities. of
/ which four are on the Island of Oahu.
namely. at Waianac. Imalualei Aiea
/ aud KuliOuOu, aud three on the Island
! of Hawaii. namely. at HakaIau.iki in
! the Hilo District and Wood Valley and
/ KaunamanO in the Kau District. These
include FIVE tracts of sugar.cane lands.
and several tracts Of other lands suit.
| able for pinCapplcs, poultry-raiging
and other things, thus giving copsid.
cradle choice to porsOns desiring
homcstcads.
/ Area Conditions.
"EXpcricncC has shown that there
! is great difference in the areas dpsir.
/ ed by different persons and which diff.
/ Ccrcnt persons are capable of hand
! ling with success. Accordingly. most
/ of the lots are made comparativcIv
| small and the persons desiring them
are given the privilege of taking oiih.
or ono LOT M two Attaining lots rims
! il is left largely TO each individual to
| determine for himself how much bo
will take i'm view. of his abilities One
who cannot successfully handle n
large area Is NOT comupIIod ia take
such an area with the probability uf
Failure. and on the other hand one
| who can take n largrr area Is given
the privilege of doing so if he can do
so successfully,
THE conditions of cultivation are
such that no one should take n larger
area than he is sure can be cultivated
nv himself or under his Immediate di.
rpction and control inasmuch as
turning the land over to others for
cultivation. as has often occurred
heretofore. will not be allowed.
THE Special Homestead Agree.
mcnt, under which most of the lots i'm
question will be DISPOSED of. has been
revised with view to meeting cylst.
ing conditions as nearly as possible.
both for the purpose of securing gen.
pose Of making such honest eading az
easy as possible for those who desire
| It.
"The prices Of the lots are In gem
Cral about fifty or sixty per cent. Of
their actual cash value COnsorvativcly
! estimated. The terms of payment
| are easy. Only five per cent. IL re.
Quired to he paid at the time Of the
| selection, five per cent. in one year
and ten per cent. each year thereafter
until the entire purchase price has
| been paid. with interest at six per
| cent per nnnum. but the hOmestcadgr
! Is given the priv ilrgC of paying any or
/ all installmcnts al any time and there.
| by stopping the corresponding inter
est.
| Residence Requirements.
"Residcuce is required to be for five
wears during the first ten years in pc.
riods of not less than six months at 4
/ time but this period can be shortened
! to three years by making the rest
dcucc continuous. The residence, of
| course, must be real II must begin
within two years after the lot is taken
and the lot must be taken with the
idea Of making II the takers pcrma-
ncnt home.
"Culrivation must begin by the end
of the FIRST year, when ten per cent.
OF the land must be under cultivation;
twenty per cent. must he under culti-
walton by the second year, and thirty,
| forty and fifty per cent. must be under
cultivation by the end of the third,
fourth and nfrh years, rcspcctivcly,
aud kept under cultivation until the
| hOmostcader becomes entitled TO n
patent, but he may reduce the time by
keeping fifty per cent. Of the land I'M
der cultivation for three years con.
| tinuOusly. There must be kept in
good growing condition also five, ten.