Kakuma handed over his site (6000 Tsubo [unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square meters]) of the former Satsuma Domain residence, which he bought after Meiji Restoration, to Niijima to build a school.
覚馬は維新後に購入していた旧薩摩藩邸の敷地（6000坪）を学校用地として新島に譲渡した。