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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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