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The records of the Collector General of Customs span the years 1841-1941 and include documents created by the Treasury Board, the Ministry of Finance, the Superintendent of Public Works and The Board of Harbor Commissioners. These records reflect the various functions, which were: the collection of customs duties; the regulation of entry and departure of passengers and cargo; the moorage of vessels; and the administration of the harbor.

Although official records of the Collector General of Customs begin in 1841, earlier documents indicate that the functions of the Harbor Master were carried out by Alexander Adams and Stephen Reynolds prior to that time. Related 20th century records may be found in the Board of Harbor Commissioners. Printed reports are filed in the Government Publication Collections. Broadsides and Tables of Customs House statistics are available for 1843-1873

The City & County of Honolulu Industrial Accident Board was appointed by the [Territorial] Governor, consisting of five board members who served without salary and attended regular meetings about once a month. The bulk of the daily business and record keeping was done by a salaried secretary for each board.
Each County had their own Industrial Accident Board for a total of four: Hawai‘i, Maui, Kaua‘i and the City & County of Honolulu.

Chun Afong arrived in Honolulu in 1849. He became a wealthy merchant and sugar planter. He was a commercial agent for China. In 1857, he married Julia Fayerweather. Together, they had 15 children. In 1890, he returned to China. He died in Macao in 1906.

While there is no statutory authorization for the Chinese Bureau of the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department implemented the policy of the Hawaiian Government, through Cabinet Council resolution, adopted on July 13, 1883, to restrict the number of Chinese persons entering the Kingdom. Beginning with regulations issued on March 25, 1884, a system of entry permits was instituted limiting permanent entry to teachers, Christian clergyman, agricultural laborers, domestic servants, and to wives and children of Chinese residing in Hawaii. Temporary permits were issued to travelers and merchants with business affiliations in Hawaii. The Chinese Bureau first appears as a separate entity in the biennial reports of the Department of Foreign Affairs to the Legislature in 1892. Some naturalization records in this collection predate the Chinese Bureau but were used by the agency to conduct its business.

The functions of the Bureau relating to Chinese immigration were effectively terminated on November 24, 1898, when Joshua K. Brown assumed his duties as the United States Inspector of Chinese in Hawaii
to enforce the provisions of the United States Chinese exclusion laws. The Bureau continued to enforce the Hawaiian government's six-month residence bonds for merchants and travelers, and to complete the record keeping for outstanding permits until June 14, 1900. The Bureau issued death records of Chinese contract laborers up to 1902. All immigration functions were assumed by the United States government when territorial government was established in 1900.

The Supreme Court established by the Constitution of 1840 was abolished in December 1852 and reestablished by an 1853 act which mandated the transfer of the civil and criminal jurisdiction from the Superior Court to a new Supreme Court consisting of the three members of the former Superior Court.

1856. Arrived in Honolulu.
1857. Photographer, worked for W.F. Howland, Merchant Street
      1861-1862. Photographer, worked for J.W. King, Merchant Street
      1862-1865. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Merchant Street
      1866-1870. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, 65 Fort Street
      1870-1874. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Cosmopolitan Gallery. 64 & 66 Fort Street
      1874-1876. Keene, New Hampshire.
      1876-1877. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Cosmopolitan Gallery. 64 & 66 Fort Street
1858. Photographer, distributed photographs by A.L. Smith, Fort Street
1859. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator 10 Nuuanu
1860. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, 137 Fort Street
1861. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Hilo, Hawaii
1862. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Honolulu
      1884-1885. Photographer, distributed photographs by A.L. Smith, Fort Street
      1886-1901. Photographer, Main Street, Wailuku, Maui
1863. June 1, died Wailuku, Maui

1856. Arrived in Honolulu.
1857. Photographer, worked for W.F. Howland, Merchant Street
      1861-1862. Photographer, worked for J.W. King, Merchant Street
      1862-1865. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Merchant Street
      1866-1870. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, 65 Fort Street
      1870-1874. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Cosmopolitan Gallery. 64 & 66 Fort Street
      1874-1876. Keene, New Hampshire.
      1876-1877. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Cosmopolitan Gallery. 64 & 66 Fort Street
1858. Photographer, distributed photographs by A.L. Smith, Fort Street
1859. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator 10 Nuuanu
1860. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, 137 Fort Street
1861. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Hilo, Hawaii
1862. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Honolulu
      1884-1885. Photographer, distributed photographs by A.L. Smith, Fort Street
      1886-1901. Photographer, Main Street, Wailuku, Maui
1863. June 1, died Wailuku, Maui

Provisions for the establishment of county governments were made by the Territorial Legislature in 1905; and in 1907 the island of Oʻahu was incorporated
in the City and County of Honolulu. Subsequent legislative sessions made amendments affecting the operation of county government. In 1917 a bill to establish a charter revision commission for the city and county of Honolulu was passed by the legislature, but was vetoed by the governor. During the Nineteenth Regular Session of the Territorial Legislature in
1937, Act 218 was enacted which authorized the creation of a charter revision commission for the city and county of Honolulu. The 15-member commission was charged with making a "study and analysis of the existing governmental structure of the city and county of Honolulu for the purpose of securing such factual data as will enable it to draft, and the commission is hereby directed to draft a proposed new charter, adapted to the requirements of such city and county and designed to provide for the people of ·such city and county a more efficient and economical form of government." Mayor George F. Wright appointed former governor Lawrence M. Judd as chairman of the commission. The commission held 47 meetings between November, 1937 and February, 1939, twelve of which were designated as public hearings. They heard testimony from members of the Board of Supervisors, department heads of the city and county of Honolulu, members of the territorial legislature, and from civic organizations. The terms of office of the commissioners expired with the convening of the Twentieth Regular Session of the legislature in 1939, during which the commission submitted a proposed charter. After extensive amendment by the legislature, the proposal was passed as Act 242.