Mohei protested, but with the systems not yet complete, and the single judgement of the government office not being overturned, the mining rights were handed to Heizo OKADA, a friend of Inoue KAORU.
異議を申し立てたがまだ諸制度が完備しておらず、まして一度処理した役所の裁断は覆されず井上馨の知人・岡田平蔵に払い下げられた。