Increasing profit by these official services and business was difficult, but the Edo shogunate made efforts in preserving and developing shukuba by granting various privileges such as Jishimenkyo, distribution of rice as various salary, and loans.
これらの公用のための労役、業務については利益を上げることは難しかったが、幕府は地子免許、各種給米の支給、拝借金貸与など種々の特典を与えることによって、宿場の保護育成に努めた。