However when the prewar Ministry of Home Affairs was divided from Ministry of Finance and established as an independent ministry, the project got delayed due to the influence from so-called 'sectionalism,' as seen in one of the departments of the Ministry of Finance that dealt with land measurement being separated off to the prewar Ministry of Home Affairs.
しかし、同年11月に大蔵省から分離する形で内務省(日本)が創設されたところ、土地の測量などを扱った部門が大蔵省から内務省に分離されるなど所謂「縦割り」の影響によって事業の停滞を招いた。