Tadataka HIROHATA entered Teishinsho (Ministry of Communication) and became Todai Kyokucho (Chief of Lighthouse Bureau) and Kansen Kyokucho (Chief of Ship Bureau); he then served at Court as Kogogu daibu (Master of the Empress's Household) and concurrently Jiju jicho (Deputy Grand Chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency).
広幡忠隆は、逓信省に入って灯台局長、管船局長となり、さらに宮中に入り皇后宮大夫兼侍従次長を務めた。