本文嘗試以日治初期全臺規模較大地主之一──霧峰林家頂厝林澄堂為個案，並且運用〈臺灣總督府公文類纂〉與林澄堂之相關帳簿等私文書為主要資料，具體地對其取得緣故關係地所有權的過程進行探討。研究結果首先發現，該地主在日治初期實際經營之土地，除了根據土地調查後所發行的土地臺帳謄本顯示的224.4245甲之外，於1920年代中期以後才經放領取得的緣故關係地68.4327甲亦應包括在內。其次，申請放領過程中，若以林澄堂向臺灣總督府所申請的開墾成本來評估其投資報酬率，很可能會有嚴重低估之嫌。其三，臺灣總督府對於緣故關係地放領政策的寬鬆，亦顯現於對林澄堂在持續開墾事實、放領時間與放領價格的認定上。

Based on official documents of the Taiwan Government-general and private bookkeeping data of Cheng-tang Lin-one of the largest landlords during Japanese colonial period in Taiwan-this paper studies the composition of Cheng-tang Lin's land holdings. Initial research has found: 1), Lin's land holdings should include the 224.4245 jia (F) shown on the copy of land ledger published by the government after the survey during the period of 1896-1903, plus the 68.4327 jia () of the engokanke (connection ground), which was released by the government in the mid-1920s; 2), based upon the land cultivation expenditures that Cheng-tang Lin submitted to the Taiwan Government-general, the rate of the return from such investment appeared to be seriously underestimated; and 3), the degree of flexibility with which the Taiwan Government-general executed its release policy regarding the connection ground clearly depended upon: 1), whether or not Lin was making continued progress in land cultivation; 2), the time required to develop and cultivate raw lands; and 3), the price of released lands.

緣故關係;土地構成;林澄堂;霧峰林家;土地放領

Engokanke (connection); Land Composition; Cheng-tang Lin; The Lin family of Wufeng; the release policy