Kamehameha V and the 50th year since the arrival of the missionaries, 1870.

Great Jubilee Gift from the King.

It pleases the Chief, the King, to give freely these things below, for the Jubilee Feast to be Celebrated on Wednesday, June 15:

10,000 Pounds of Poi, 20 Pigs, 400 Fish, 8 Sheep, 1 Cow and two carts of greenery for decoration.

Everyone is invited to share in the joy for this Jubilee; the malihini and kamaaina from all areas, if you come to Kawaiahao on the day of the Jubilee, stay and share in the happiness.

[Click the following for more on the celebration: “The Jubilee Festival: 1820–1870.” PCA, 6/18/1870, p. 2.]

(Kuokoa, 6/11/1870, p. 2)

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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke IX, Helu 24, Aoao 2. Iune 11, 1870.

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