This paper is the study of early modern surveying and it's education activity of Korean empire era from January 1908 to January 1911 causing the forestry law (No. 19 article) which Korean empire government announced. The result of this research of us, this forestry law of Korean empire had no any benefit and use for common people and even government. This law returned to the starting point of law with new one (write of forest land surveying of Korean empire, No. 10 article) in 1911. We could however conclude the good aspect of this law to the early modern surverying and it's education activity of Korean empire era. In this paper, we used many authorities reports and newspapers with criticism and counsel for this conclusion. We realized that the many of surveying school and civil design office have been established with many textbook and instruments for surveying by reason of this forestry law. The forestry law named No. 19 lead to the good influence of Korean surveying and education. Through this surveying and education activity, it could be contributed for the spread of surveying instruments and skill in Korea. And Korean government planned to devote many educated surveyor for filed work from 1910 to 1918 as one of the land survey work.

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