Although the Hakodate Goryokaku fort had been exempted from this measure, it was determined to be kept under the management of the Department of War in the notice of Dajokan issued in December of the same year.
なお、函館五稜郭は、この時点での処分からは除かれていたが、同年12月の太政官達により、陸軍省所管の存城と同様の処分となった。