the office was closed when shima was transferred and its function was taken over by the otaru temporary office . 島の転出とともに廃止され、小樽仮役所が引き継ぐ。
a leading magistrate and former feudal retainer of the saga clan , yoshitake shima , who accompanied the chief of the development commission , established a temporary office in zenibako (present-day , zenibako , otaru city ) and started the designing of the urban district of sapporo city and the construction of a head office in sapporo . 長官の赴任に同行した佐賀藩士島義勇首席判官は、銭函（現小樽市銭函）に開拓使仮役所を開設し、札幌市で市街の設計と庁舎の建設を始めた。
