In order to take over the development businesses undertaken by the Hokkaido Development Agency, KURODA decided to make the government officials who worked under him retire to establish a company and sell the facilities and equipments belonging to the government at a low price.
黒田は開拓使の事業を継承させるために、部下の官吏を退職させて企業を起こし、官有の施設・設備を安値で払い下げることにした。