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CULTIVATED and UNCULTIVATED Lands, Wages, Produce, Stocks, &c.
Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Land in the Colony.
Estimated Acreage
Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.
of the Colony.
400
400
PREDIAL,......
HONGKONG,
(Exclusive of City of Victoria and Villages, amounting to 900 Acres,)
16,802
KOWLOON,
1,321
STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND,
192
AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.
18,102
1,721
102
...paid in kind, and in gardens from $1.50 to $2.50 a month.
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,
....................... £12.10 and upwards per annum with board and lodging,
ORDINARILY COMPETENT MECHANICS :-
Blacksmiths, Fitters and Plumbers,
..............60 cents per day.
Labourers or Assistants to Do.,
Carpenters and Joiners,..
Masons and Bricklayers,.............
Labourers, 1st Class,
........25
........33
12
............
.311
.187
77
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