 The city closely followed a grid plan with streets at right-angles to form city blocks.The continuing expansion of the Japanese into Hokkaido continued, mainly due to migration from the main island of Honshu immediately to the south, and the prosperity of Hokkaido and particularly its capital grew to the point that the Development Commission was deemed unnecessary and was abolished in 1882.Edwin Dun came to Sapporo to establish sheep and cattle ranches in 1876.