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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.
106 Acres.
404 Acres.
HONGKONG.
|(Exclusive of City of Victoria and Villages, amounting to 900 Acres.)
16,796 Acres.
KOWLOON.
1,317 Acres.
STONE CUTTER'S ISLAND.
192 Acres.
* Note,-Pending 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.
PRRDIAL,-
.....paid in kind.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS, employed by Chinese,.......................from $12 to $48 per annum with board and lodging.
CHINESE, employed by Foreigners,
.$48 to $180 per unaum,
TRADES, Chinese Workmen,............
.$36 to $72 per annum with board and lodging.
ORDINARY COMPETENT Mechanics :—
Bincksmiths and Fitters,
......from 30 conts to $1.50 per day.
Labourers,
.....from 20
to $1
15
17
Carpenters and Joinors,.....................froin 20
་་
to 75 cents per day with board and lodging.
Masons and Bricklayers,
..from 20
TO
to 50
3+
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