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[Taken directly from NARA description] During the period 1898-1907 the Secretary of the Interior retained the responsibility for supervising Hawaiian Territorial affairs within his office. Territorial business was ordinarily referred to the Patents and Miscellaneous Division which, until its abolition in 1907, was part of the Secretary's Office. Only the incoming correspondence and a few duplicate copies of out-going letters relating to Hawaii are reproduced on this microfilm publication. Record copies of all outgoing letters of the Division are in a multi-volume series of letters sent, and because those relating to Hawaii are not readily segregable only a few have been reproduced in this microfilm publication. Also omitted from thi s publication is correspondence relating to the appointment of Territorial officials, which was handled by the Appointments Division of the Office of the Secretary.