The Monopoly Bureau (now the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Bureau) had the right to sell all of Taiwan's important natural resources during the Japanese era. Because it was only an administrative unit, it wasn't near the center of authority by the Governor-general's Office.
專賣局（今公賣局）在日據時代掌管所有台灣重要資源的專賣權，然而因為其性質屬於執行單位，並沒有靠近總督府所在的權力核心。