For the hatamoto with 500 koku or less, who constituted most of hatamoto, the right to manage their fief except collecting tax, were entrusted to governmental officers of the bakuku, called Daikan or Gundai.
大部分を占めた500石以下は徴租権（年貢の納入）以外の知行権は幕府の代官または郡代に委任される事になっていた。