A governor's office in charge of making and executing policy, and a provincial officers 'government in charge of civil and financial administration, were set up in 1886.
光緒七年，建城隍廟於今台糖公司的右邊。光緒十四年，建天后宮於今新公園的博物館附近。設於台北的巡撫衙門，統轄全台的行政；布政司衙門也在台北，綜核全省的錢糧、兵馬和清賦的事務。