However, in 1873 Inoue and Shibusawa resigned, and when the Shigenobu OKUMA took office as Minister of Finance the translation bureau was curtailed through a ministry reorganisation and abolished the following year, forcing Ukichi to transfer to the ministry's department for currency.
だが、明治6年（1873年）に井上や渋沢が辞し、続いて大蔵卿に大隈重信が就くと組織改変で翻訳局は縮小され、翌年には廃止となり卯吉は大蔵省紙幣寮に異動となる。