The government asked Kiyotaka KURODA, Hokkaido Development Commissioner, for recommendation of the candidate site where prisons would be constructed, and for the land survey, seven people including Kiyoshi, who were already evaluated highly, were chozen as government officials.
政府は開拓使黒田清隆に監獄候補地の推挙を求め、この現地調査にかねてから官吏として評価の高かった潔ら7人が抜擢される。