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they belonged, the hitter being located in the mountains or on 

 the plateau and not reaching to the shore, while in several in- 

 stances the bounds of the fishery did not reach the mainland at 

 any point. The fisheries attached to these "ahupuaas" generally 

 extended to the reef, or, if there was no reef, for one geographi- 

 cal mile out to sea from the depth where a man could wade ; 

 some of the "ahupuaas" were granted by metes and l^ounds one 

 mile and a half out to sea. 



The "ahupuaas" were further subdivided into "kuleanas/' 

 which were small plots of land granted to the retainers of the 

 "konohiki," or landlord, who controlled the "ahupuaa." The 

 "kuleana" carried only the right to fish from where a man could 

 wade u]) to al)()ut five feet. 



On the island of Kauai exclusive "fishery rights'" covering 

 the rivers were also granted. There were two such "rights" on 

 Hanalei river, and one each on Xukidiuliia, Lawai, Hanapepe 

 (running up botli hanks as far as the tide extended), and Hule- 

 ia rivers. 



The following were the number of "rights" on each island 

 for which claim was made in the courts of the territory within 

 the period specified by the enabling act admitting the latter: 

 Hawaii, 11; Kauai, 28; Lanai, 2; Maui, 41; Molokai, -1; Oahu, 

 58: 144 in all. The largest recorded area covered by a "right'^ 

 was one of the two around the island of Lanai, 4,152 acres. It 

 is possible, however, that several whose areas have not l)een com- 

 puted would exceed this one in extent. The fishery with the 

 smallest recorded area was that of Haua, on the island of ^lolo- 

 kai, which has an area of one-half acre. 



Owing to its importance as the seat of government, and its 

 larger population, the "fishery rights" of the island of Oahu 

 were more numerous and valual)le than those of any of the other 

 islands. Close to Honolulu were two fisheries belonging to one 

 person which brought in a yearly rental of $1,375. On Kauai 

 only a few of the "rights" were of sufficient value to be rented, 

 these being mainly around Waimea and Hanalei, where one rent- 

 ed for $200 a year, while another brought in but $20 a year. 

 Practically no effort was made of recent years to collect rent for 

 any of the fisheries of Hawaii. This was largely owing to the 

 sparseness of the population and the consequent lack of markets 



