GENERAL VIEW, REVENUE. 



1st. NORTHERN CIRCARS, four districts : viz. (1) Ganjam, CHAP. 

 (2) Vizagapatam, (3) Godavari, (4) Kristna.* 



2nd. EASTERN PLAIN of the CARNATIC, eight districts : 

 viz. (1) Nellore, (2) Madras, (3) North Arcot, (4) South Arcot, 

 (5) Trichinopoly, (6) Tanjore, (7) Madura, (8) Tinnevelly. 



3rd. CENTRAL TABLE-LAND, five districts : viz. - (1) Bel- 

 lary, (2) Kurnool, (3) Cuddapah, (4) Salem, (5) Coimbatore. 



4th. WESTERN STRIP, three districts : viz. (1) North 

 Canara, (2) South Canara, (3) Malabar. 



In addition to these Collectorates, there are certain Na- 

 tive States which are dependent upon Great Britain : 

 viz. Mysore in the Can feral Table laud, and Travancore 

 and Cochin in the South- West corner of the Peninsula. 

 For the sake of clearness a small sketch map is appended, 

 exhibiting generally the frontiers of all the Revenue districts 

 and Native States included in the Madras Presidency. 



Revenue systems of the Madras Presidency : 10 

 based upon the Village Communities. In order 

 to obtain a general idea of the Revenue systems which 

 prevail, not only in the Madras Presidency but through- 

 out the whole Peninsula of India, it may be necessary 

 to remark that the entire country consists of an almost 

 endless number of village communities, or, what we should 



* Previous to the last two years the present districts of the Godavari and 

 Kristna formed the three districts of Raj ahmundry , Masulipatam, and Gun- 

 toor. The new arrangement was found convenient for many reasons, but 

 chiefly as it kept the district watered by the river Godavari, distinct from 

 the district watered by the river Kristna. Accordingly, the whole of Rajah - 

 mundry and part of Masulipatam were formed into the Godavari district ; 

 and the remaining portion of Masulipatam and the whole of Guntoor were 

 formed into the Kristna district . The frequent use of the old names leads 

 to some confusion, which may be generally avoided by regarding Rajah- 

 mundry as Gfakuwri, and Masulipatam and Gruntoor as Kristna. 



