SHIMA's replacement, Michitoshi IWAMURA, took over the construction work of Sapporo City and the head office, and the Development Commission's office was moved in to Sapporo in May 1871.
代わって赴いた岩村通俊判官の下で札幌の建設が続けられ、明治4年（1871年）5月に開拓使庁が札幌に移った。