As this work did not progressed smoothly, however, another order was placed with each prefecture on February 29, 1871, that the details of the national shrines located in each prefecture should be reported to Jingikan (the Department of Divinities), based on which 'Shikisha Sukeisha Shirabesho' (Survey on the Shikinaisha and the Venerated Shrines) was compiled.
しかし、なかなか進捗しないために、翌明治3年2月29日、暫定処置として各府藩県の官幣神社の分を同年9月までに神祇官へ提出するよう改めて命じ、それらを纏めて『式社崇敬社調書』が編纂された。