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CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED LANDS, WAGES, PRODUCE, STOCKS, &c.*
Estimated Acreage
of Cultivated Land
Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony,
in the Colony.
Estimated Acronga of the
Colony.
816 Acres.
21,773 Acres.
COPY OF INFORMATION SENT TO STOCK EXCHANGE, RE ÁREA OF COLONY.
Total Area of Colony,
82,591 Acres,
1,657
Area alienated,
Area unalienated,
Cultivated Area,
A rea
occupied by
Pine Plantatious.
X0,934
19
816
5,000 Acres.
82,591 Acres,
Note.-Pending a new Survey of the Colony the above are approximate figures only.
NEW TERRITORY,
Area of Mainlaud,
Area of Islands.
Total Area.
Cultivated Area.
175,537 Acres.
Lantao
36,599 Acres. others Islands 14,736
51,335 Acres.
826,872 Acres.
40,709 Acres.
*
PREDIAL,
Note,-Practically all the available area is cultivated, the remainder being steep hillsides.
AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.
Domestic Servants, employed by Chinese,
GARDENERS, employed by Chinese,
employed by Foreigners,
..........paid in kind,
......from $24 to $120 per annum with board and lodging.
.....from $54 to $120 per annum with lodging.
from $96 to $156 with lodging.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS, employed by Foreigners, ...$48 to $240 per annum.
TRADES, Chinese Workmen,
-$96 to $108 per annum with lodging.
Unskilled LABOURERS, employed by Foreigners, $108 to $120.
employed by Chiuoso,
.$36 to $72 with board and lodging.
ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS :-
Blacksmiths and Fitters,
.froin 60 cents to $1.50 per day.
Labourers,
....from 25
to $60
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Carpenters and Joiners,
....from 50
**
to 75 cents per day with board and lodging.
Masons and Bricklayers,
....from 50
to 60
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