On August 8 in the same year, he served as a fourth-ranked shusshi (a supernumerary government official) for Kaitakushi (a government office responsible for Hokkaido development), the undersecretary of which was Kiyotaka KURODA, and was appointed to investigate and explore Hokkaido mines.
同年3月8日、黒田清隆が次官を務める開拓使に四等出仕として仕官、北海道鉱山検査巡回を命じられた。