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Laupahoehoe Sugar Plantation land because the taxes weren't paid. So, these are 20 -acre lots, <br />some with water, some not, all with soil, in Pa`auilo. But, the documents were altered, and as <br />Brenda, County Councilwoman Brenda Ford pointed out that these were altered documents, you <br />cannot pass the title. So, this is a big opportunity for the Queen Lili`uokalani Trust. These <br />documents have just basically Queen Lili`uokalani's name was crossed out. He wrote in <br />President Dole 1896. Anything to do with her royal children and successors, he crossed that out <br />and wrote [inaudible]. So, this is based on royal patents, and so if you go into the Department of <br />Finance, the title search, you'll see all these altered documents to do with Pa`aiulo, but they are <br />in possession of the County, so I'm just saying that this could be a big opportunity for <br />homesteading, taro, different things, but the Queen Lili`uokalani Trust, I believe, should be able <br />to come together with the County on those particular parcels and hopefully in the benefit of the <br />Native Hawaiians. <br />I want to also support what Dwight Vicente is saying so far as the Hawaiian Kingdom and that it <br />turns out that during the territory that there were congressional bonds to set up all the <br />infrastructure you see pretty much today, and that the collateral for that was based on sales of <br />Crown Government [inaudible] lands. So, it's basically a matter of retrofitting the County for <br />easy transition so far as the issue of the Hawaiian Kingdom, I believe. But, in the meantime, we <br />have to make sure that the statutes are followed and especially I just wanted to remind the <br />County of those Hamakua lands, the altered documents of Queen Lili`uokalani. Mahalo. <br />CLARKSON: Thank you all. Are there any questions from the Commission for any of the <br />testifiers here today? If not, thank you. Please be seated. <br />VICENTE: Dwight Vicente, I want to make a part of the record the Ceded Land Law Reviews <br />from the U.H. Make it a part of the record. Thank you. <br />CLARKSON: Please submit it to staff at the front desk, please. Is there anyone else who would <br />like to testify on this application at this time? If not, I'll ask for a motion that public testimony <br />be closed. <br />IKEDA: I move to close public testimony. <br />CLARKSON: Wait, I'm sorry <br />KAEO (from audience area): I signed in the paper already [inaudible]. <br />CLARKSON: Yeah. Please be seated. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to <br />tell the truth on this matter before the Commission today? <br />KAEO: The whole truth, nothing but the truth. Let's go. <br />CLARKSON: Please introduce yourself and begin your testimony. <br />KAEO: Aloha, Iokepa Kaeo. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />6 <br />