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CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED LANDS, Wages, producE, STOCKS, &c,*
Estimated Acreage
of Cultivated Land.
in the Colony.
Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.
Estimated Acreage of the
Colony.
406 Acros.
404 Acres.
HONGKONG.
(Exclusive of City of Victoria and Villages, amounting to 900 Acres.)
16,796 Acres.
KOWLOON.
1,317 Acres.
STONE CUTTERS ISLAND.
192 Acres.
*Note.—l'onding a new Survey of the Colony the above are approximate figures only.
AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.
18,102 Acres,
1,721 Acres.
192 Acres.
PREDIAL.................
...paid in kimi.
Domestic Servants, employed by Chinese, .......................from $12 to $48 per aumm with board and lodging.
CHINESE, employed by Foreigners,
$48 to $180 per annum.
TRADES, Chinese Workmen,.
Ordinary Competest MECHANICS :—
$36 to $72 per unum with board and lodging,
Blicksmiths and Fitters,
........from 30 cents to $1.50 per day,
Labourers,
......from 20
to $1
**
Carpenters and Joiners,................from 20
"
to 75 cents per day with bourd and lodging,
Masons and Bricklayers,
..from 20
..
to 50
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