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Kahoolawe–This island was leased to his Excellency R. C. Wyllie [ka mea hanohano R. C. Wale] for 20 years at $505 per year to the Government–Wyllie wants to turn the Island into a sheep ranch.
(Hae Hawaii, 4/14/1858, p. 6)
Ka Hae Hawaii, Buke 3, Ano Hou—Helu 2. Aperila 14, 1858.