ABSTRACT
In 1886, for the first time in Taiwan history, the Qing dynasty government of Taiwan launched a comprehensive land survey over the entire island. In July 1898, the Taiwan land survey was launched on the authority not only of the Taiwan colonial government but also the Japanese home government. The Land Investigation Bureau integrated the information into classified registers for each village, such as registers for land, land rent, official rent, and large rents. Between mid-1903 and mid-1904, the colonial government was able to deal with large rent rights, which it had decided to abolish even before it began its land survey. Some large-rent owners sold the bonds they were given in exchange for their rights. In 1905, the colonial government issued its land registration regulations that ruled on the four sets of rights that might be established by registration over land.
