In the other provinces variations of the zamindari and ryotwari systems are found.
2
Nothing can be more complete in theory and more difficult of exposition than a Madras ryotwari settlement.
3
The early ryotwari settlements in Madras were based upon insufficient experience.
4
The influence of Sir Thomas Munro afterwards led to the adoption of the ryotwari system, which will always be associated with his name.
5
The prevailing system throughout the Madras presidency is the ryotwari, which takes the cultivator or peasant proprietor as its rent-paying unit, somewhat as the Bengal system takes the zamindar.