condition during the term of this lease. 
M Ana it is further agreed and understood between the 
parties hereto, that the Lessee will not allow the use of ex¬ 
plosives of any kind in the water immediately adjacent to 
Johnson Island for the purpose of killing or capturing fish. 
"And it is further agreed and understood between the 
parties hereto, that the Lessee will not allow the destruction 
of birds on or the capturing of birds for removal from said 
Johnson Island or from the water immediately adjacent thereto." 
On August 8, 1917, Edward M. May presented an affidavit 
to the Commissioner of Public Lands to the effect that during 
June, 1914, in company with Capt. George Piltz, since deceased, 
he visited what is known as Johnston alias Cornwallis Island * 
and was on the island for one day and viewed the entire land¬ 
scape of the island. He found the island to be a reef with 
two islets. The island was uninhabited and unimproved, and 
with only slight vegetation, which vegetation consisted of 
grass, and some bushes, similar to those along the shore of 
the Island of Oahu. There were no cocoanut trees on the island 
whatsoever, nor any signs of any such trees or the cultivation 
therefor. 
On August 9, 1917, H. E. Stafford petitioned the 
Commissioner of Public Lands to determine the lease because the 
lessee had not planted the cocoanut trees and had not paid the 
taxes on the island as required by the lease. 
