Within Dajokan there was a fear that each prefecture's office work might be troubled, and when they approached the Home Ministry on May 5 about the appropriateness of the idea, an objection, as was expected, was filed within the Ministry on the grounds that it would only cause administrative complications for the regional governments (May 14).
太政官においては、府県の事務を煩わすことが危惧され、5月5日にその是非を内務省へ打診したところ、案の定地方事務煩雑を理由とする反対意見が上申された（同月14日）。