i87 

 NA PALI DISTRICT. 



Na Pali, 130 acres; leased to W. E. H. Deverill; Lease No. 

 345; Expires July i, 1913. 



Na Pali, 6360 acres; leased to AV. Kinney; Lease No. 453; Ex- 

 pires July 7, 19 1 7. 



Na Pali, 3980 acres government land, unleased. 



Total — 10,470 acres. 



KONA DISTRICT. 



Waimea, 5808 acres ; leased to Knudsen Estate ; Lease No. 

 164; Expires June i, 1920. 



Waimea, 3110 acres; leased to Gay & Robinson and trans- 

 ferred to Knudsen Bros.; Lease No. 112; Expires Dec. 2^, 



Waimea, 21,262 acres; leased to Gay & Robinson; Lease No. 



112; Expires Dec. 27, 1917. 

 Makaweli, 10,030 acres ; owned by Gay & Robinson, fee simple. 

 Koula and Manuahi, 9360 acres; owned by Gay & Robinson, 



fee simple. 



Total — 49,570 acres. (Area government land, 30,180 acres.) 



Total area in Na Pali and Kona Districts — 60,040 acres. 



TOPOGRAFHY. 



The Waimea Lapland is a high plateau very much broken 

 by branching, deep-cut canyons. The average elevation of 

 the summits of the ridges is between 3000 and 4000 feet, the 

 land sloping back gradually to tiie high ridges in the center 

 of the island that make its back bone. 



The upland is divided into three watersheds, the drainage 

 areas of (i) the Hanapepe River, (2) the Waimea River and 

 (3) the various streams that empty directly into the ocean 

 in the Na Pali District. In all essential characteristics the 

 topography of these three systems is of the same order, save 

 that in the cany(ons of the East and West forks of the Waimea 

 River, the process of degradation has gone further, with the 

 result that larger canyons have been formed, with a greater 

 number of lateral branches. 



In the Waimea watershed erosion has crone on so far in 

 the main canyons that the floors of the valle3^s are cut down 

 to within a few hundred feet of sea level. From the narrow 

 stream bed the canyon wails rise precipitatelv, in many cases 

 for several hundred feet sheer, while for the remainder of 

 the two thousand or more feet to the top of the canyon, thf^ 

 palis are hardly less steep. 



From each of the lateral valleys streams of varying size 

 drop in cascades into the main canyon, bringing motion into 



