The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-09-20

slun ~ government remnants and eN
wanted hig rent for ihosa ftmnhnts
The plantation management Vas toll
the people would be pat in possession
Of those lands on July l. on iuiy ]
ihfec lois were taken. The others frc
open for selection AZ any time The
more valuable lots were taken because
they had eano growing on them. I
think the homesteadcrs have since sold
the cane TO the plantation aud made
money out Of IL, There are nine lots
remaining untaken. The plantation
paid the government $1,000 aud when
Mr.. Woltcrs comes back they will pay
more-otherwise he will get sued. -
Mr.. Tucker went on 90 say the Ke.
kulau Settlement Association was or.
ganized in 1907 and all wanted TO take
up lands under the right Of purchase
lease.
at is the policy Of the administra.
tion as far as cane lands are con
cerned, said Mr.. Tucker, "to have
these lands taken under the special
agreement plan. There are thirty four
holdings. That is the finest cane land
in Hilo District. It was all taken up
year ago. l don't think one of the
members of the association put in an
! application under the special agree
ment plan. The approximate size of
these holdings is about fifteen acres. -
He explained that the advertisement
notified applicants Of the right to take
| more than one lot. The cheapest lot
was $50. The lands had been leased
TO the Pepeckeo plantation. The plan
tation had been paying $4,000. Ali the
government acreage-347 acres-had
been withdrawn.
Referring to Hakalau he stated that
strip Of land along the Government
road had been reserved for residence
lots. The strip has been surveyed.
There had been requests for having all
this strip opened for residence pur-
poses. The first request was dated
February, 1911. The survey depart
ment was instructed to survey the
Kulumano tract and then the Haka-
wiki. The first had ben surveyed. The
surveyor became i'll and is now in the
hospital. The people were told to CON
suit with the surveyor as to how the
lots should run.
"Tbe administration policy has been
that where the government lands run
Mr.. Tucker, ''to survey them for resi-
dence lots.''
various Lana Openings
AS to the Moohulu lands, he said that
the Wood Valley lands were in the
same geographical position. The OPEN
ing of the Mooh'ilu tract was approved,
but as in many instances where apph
cations are made, when the tract is act.
ually opened up, the applicants do not
come forward. 1t was so in this in
stance. The government wanted all
the Wood Valley lots taken up first.
He referred then to the Hauulu lands
on this island, where very small hold
ings were taken up a few years ago.
Mr.. Olson said complaint had been
made by nine of the persons who had
filed on these lots that they had paid
all moneys and completed the perform
ance of their contracts and all cOndi-
tions had been lived up to, and wers
still unable to get their patents.
Mr.. Tucker said the Honolulu home
stead patents are practically ready to
be issued since July, 1911. Mr.. Tucker
said one of the chief reasons why they
had not been issued was because he
had not yet found time to 60 there to
insest:gale ana asee n. wheIhe III, an
~ i,, o4o;l. a. ,c,.sf:- 80
W. M iianoi u etba W oo tiqaie Gu nv
th"4 a., ue 80 na, one pe,s
on"u my taa' Ia. az i &c .h e. &c
% ou. one VI INC nts'
sono 10 uue " e n
80 ne nau .h peeI ho o,s"is NJ uu2 T,o
a. II Ia n neais, NJ iuGhe5
salu .nat naa 'ne eoteinmea' reqtiieu
naten+s IL would have beon Found +bna
p l ~ mou.u naSe Deen . iounu my MY
government had been lepient and time
had been allowed to on nv and az a
result. all are now ready for their
patents
Mr. Ashford ON behalf of Delepat.
Knbio. took n hand in the mestioning.
Referring to the Kobala tract MI,
Tucker Said he first received annlica.
tions in 1eI1 II takes twenty months
for q cron of cane m mature and that
time had not al elansed Marston
CampbolI was then commissioner of NH.
liz lands Tucker game across the an.
nlications this wear while looking over
tha slos uo7,,3;nod t;s =, forno t;or a.