(T2)
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,
406 Acres.
112 Acres.
HONGKONG.
(Exclusive of City of Victoria and Villages, amounting to 900 Acres.)
16,796 Acres.
KAULUNG.
18,102 Acres.
1,309 Acres.
1,721 Acres.
STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.
192 Acres.
AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.
192 Acros.
PREDIAL,....
...-paid in kind.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS, employed by Chiueso,............from $12 to $36 per annum with board and lodging.
CHINESE, employed by Foreigners,.......
TRADES Chinese Workman,
$18 per annum and upwards without board.
.$60 and upwards per annum with board and lodging.
ORDINARY Competent MECHANICS:—
.......................from 40 cents to $1 per day.
Carpenters and Joiners,.....
"
to 50 cents per day.
Masons and Bricklayers,..
........from 30
to 40
H
"
H
Labourers,
....from 20
**
to $1 per day.
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