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CULTIVATED and UNCULTIVATED Lands, Wages, Produce, Stock, &c.

Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage of the Colony.

400

527

10

PREDIAL,

HONGKONG,

(Exclusive of City of Victorin and Villages, amouting to 900 Acres,)

17,420

KOWLOON,

17,473

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND,

197

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

paid in kind.

I

DOMESTIC SERVANTS employed by Chinese,

.:£4.10 per annum with board and lodging.

CHINESE employed by Foreigners, . .

£15 per annum and upwards without board.

TRADES, Chinese Workmen, .

18,720

18,000

207

E12.10 per annum und upwards with board and lodging.