At that time the National Government carved out 260,000 hectares of mountainous land as a reservation area. The Aborigines had land use and cultivation rights to this area but they had to cultivate the land for ten years (now changed to five years) before they could get ownership of the land.
當時國民政府在全國劃出 26 萬頃山地保留地，原住民擁有地上權、耕作權，但需在連續耕作 10 年（現改為 5 年）後，方可取得所有權。