Haishi Chiken resulted in an obstacle to development after all, because the three prefectures and Hokkaido Works Administration Bureau could not align their policy with the others' in connection with development, and because the income stopped growing due to the economic slowdown under the Matsukata finance (also known as the Matsukata deflation, a financial measure to induce deflation to eliminate inflation generated by raising funds for war cost of the Seinan War).
開拓を巡って3県と北海道事業管理局の方針の足並みを揃える事が出来ず、加えて松方財政の影響による不況によって財政収入が伸び悩み、却って開拓の障害となった。