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Okinawa Prefecture ordered its provisional Bureau for
landed Property co11a以1ln副h,11 til t･汀eetuale the nr耽laね(1
suMleyonUwlslu出知c(ln1｀{11｀11t･tlwlth↓lvlewtoacQmlng
new taM111ollり'steln ba以･d on land productlvlty to be
f作tヽcUye flJln JunEヽ！，1903.whieh abolished the old
taxation per capjta、 The Bu1･eau dl･e､詔ed up a reducQa
lcale map folヽeach lsli111dln December 1902.By the
way. lhe Senkaku blandg were surveyed jn later years
l)y lhe Natjonal llydrog?aplllc Bureau in 1915， by the
Navy's Bureau or Hydl･og1｀aphy in 1917 and in l919， alld
bv the okinawa Fol'e以ry ofnce in ]931.
　　 31eanwlljle，?atsushiro Koga was eng白ｇｅｄｉｎ侃shing
andotheraeむivilies on the Senkaku lslands since 1S84. 1皿
IS96， ilnmediately after the formal incorp以'ation of the
lsJands jnto the Yaeyama County. he nled an application
柘r lasing the State心ｗｎｅｄ仙ur islands with the Mi址砥g
of lnternal Afairs、 Upon this， the Government granted
hiln a gratuiCous leasらhold of 30 years ln August 1896，
realizing a necessity to encouragethe in3ulall develop-
Tnents.By the way， previously in 1894 and in 1895，
Kogarnade M'ithQut success anappl弛aUon for leasing
the Senkaku lslands. This was due， however，tothefact
that the lslands had been jn suspense as to thelr local


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　　 Wlth agoverarnentaleoncQsslon，Tatgu名h扮o Koga
devoCQd hlmselrto the deVelQpmen1 Qf the S屯ねkakU
lsla聊ls from1897 on， 1nvesting there agr包at dealof
capltal，Fol･ the nrst faur yearg， he dlspatched 36 men
in1S97，50mむn↓n1898，29 mQn in 1899， an4 13 men an4
9 1vomen ln 1900、 lleconstruaed hcuses， rlsをrvolrs，
Wha゛eS and sanlta7 fael阻ieS Qn UOtsuri-jima and xuba，
jlma， Wlth a co姚lnuing improvement of 仇ese estabUsh-
ment9，he took a prQtueLlve heed 哨sea-blrd白and theむ
eggs， tesLed the cultivation of crops， veg収ables and swe吼
potatoes，and planted fQrest trees as weU as fruLl trees.
Beside.s，he introdueed cattle-breedlng and sericu肌ur･、
The cultivated land reaQhed to a surface of OO chQbu and
more(abo以147 acres).Thus，in 1909， the settlers
counted24S(99 househQlds).FQr this merit， the Gもvern-
ment decolヽat・him w比h the Ranju-Hosho (an order of
Mer比)，on January 22， 19ひ9，
　　 Along with the agrarian exploitation， Koga was
engaged in collecting albatross plumage， she↑1･hhes，
trepangs. shark-nnand turtle,backfrom 1S84 0n. He
extended the nlaritime explojtation. ln1903，heembarked
in a new business of stu狸ed bjrds，jnvjling a dozen Qf