1. He convinced local landholders to give the monkeys safe haven by setting aside land as a preserve.

2. Some of these formerly "public people" were privately employed by large landholders, and "public lands" increasingly reverted to the shōen.

3. Haddenham returned forty-five landholders in 15 of whom thirty-five were resident, yet the survey of 1555 lists only eleven freeholders.

4. Although unsuccessful in his attempts to renegotiate with the oil corporations, Chávez focused on his stated goal of improving both the fairness and efficiency of Venezuela's formerly lax tax collection and auditing system, especially for major corporations and landholders.