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Includes import taxes, pilotage fees, coasting license fees, transit duties, stamp fees, wages paid out, sundry expenses, etc.

Contains reports on inspection of ships by Capt. A. Fuller, Surveyor for Bureau Veritas. The Bureau Veritas is an international classification society which establishes standards of safety and sound construction of ships. It is the surveyor's duty to inspect a vessel and then place it in a category according to size, condition, construction and equipment. The surveyor also verifies damages done to the ship and its cargo, mostly for insurance purposes.

Documents internal expenses and fees to various accounts for services rendered. Journals include daily lists of "Ships at Wharves" as well as fees collected.

Records of workers on Guano Islands (i.e. workers who harvested the waste material of seabirds for use as fertilizer). Includes seamen's accounts, bonds, permits to ship and miscellaneous papers concerning seamen. There are no records for 1880.

Includes letters of the Collector General and the Deputy Collector General to ship owners, government officials and Collectors of Customs at outer island ports. Most discuss accounts, inspection of ships, Customs House conditions and appointments to office. Fifteen of the 21 volumes are letterpress copybooks. Outgoing letters from 1898-1900 are interfiled with Incoming Letters [series 081].

The letters are from various parties to the Collector General, the Collector of Lahaina, and the Collector of Hilo. Most deal with requests for permission to land at specific ports, the delivery of cargo and contract laborers, and the amount of waiver of import duties. A notable exception is the Nov.-Dec. 1858 folder containing detailed accounts of the Honolulu Customs House robbery. There are no records from 1860-1861 or 1885-1886. The files from 1898-1900 include outgoing letters.

Contains lists of Collector Generals, Deputy Collectors, Surveyors, Inspectors, Harbor Masters, Pilots, Guards, etc. Includes a brief agency history on the first page.

Listed names of vessels and the Health Inspectors who searched them, to determine sanitary conditions and prevent the spread of contagious diseases, such as cholera and the plague. There are no records for 1891.

Lists name of vessel, date of departure from Hawaiian Islands (various ports), date of arrival in New York, and volume of sugar. One-page "Preliminary Schedule of Estimated Sugar Crop for 1908: inserted.

Catalogs wharfage, towage and pilotage fees. Some volumes contain more than one type of account. The Schooner records distinguish between interisland schooners and international vessels. Also list charges to ships for fresh water.