PERTAINING TO THE CASKET OF QUEEN KAPIOLANI.

Aboard the Australia which arrived from San Francisco was received the silver [wai dala] name plate for the top of the casket of Queen Kapiolani who sleeps at ease the eternal sleep, and on that plate are these words thus:

KAPIOLANI NAPELAKAPU

Wife of King Kalakaua

Born in Hilo, Hawaii, on the 31st of December, 1834.

Died at Honolulu, Oahu on the 24th of June, 1899.

64 Years, 5 Months, and 23 Days.

Also put on that plate will be the royal crown, the words “Kulia i ka Nuu” and “KK”.

(Aloha Aina, 11/4/1899, p. 4)

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke V, Helu 44, Aoao 4. Novemaba 4, 1899.