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Seamen's Records

Both sub-series contain information about crew members, monthly salaries, length of voyage, date of departure, and name of supervisor. Also includes records of Guano Island laborers, i.e. workers who harvested waste material of seabirds for use as fertilizer.

The volume labelled "Shipped: 1849" was used by the Governor of Oahu for several other purposes: It contains records of the road overseer (1852); records of election inspectors (1853); and marriage licenses issued (1852-1853). Mostly in Hawaiian.

Collector General of Customs

Registers of Entries and Clearances

Records of cargo-carrying vessels in Honolulu Harbor; includes ship name, tonnage, wharfage, date of arrival and departure, where from, destination, and type of cargo. Variously called "Port of Honolulu - Arrivals and Departures" and "Entries and Clearances."

Also included are the Journal of William Paty, Harbormaster and first Collector General, from Jan. 1842-Jan. 1845 (in the 1842-1849 volume); and the correspondence of Capt. A. Fuller, agent for the Bureau Veritas, from 1882-1884 (in the 1881-1894 volume). There are no records for 1865-1867.

Board of Harbor Commissioners

Records of Harbor Fees

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.

Honolulu Harbormaster

Harbormaster's Shipping Articles

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.

Honolulu Harbormaster

Harbormaster as Surveyor for Bureau Veritas

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.

Honolulu Harbormaster