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AGRICULTURE, 1929.
CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED LANDS, WAGES, PRODUCE, STOCK, &c.
Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Land in the Colony.
Estimated Acreage of Unenltivated Land in the Colony.
Estimated Acreage of the Colony.
Acres: 44,574
Acres. 205,311
Note.-There are no Estates in the Colony.
Acres, 249,885
PREDIAL,
AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.
$156 to $240 per annum with board and lodging. Domestic Servants, employed by Chinese, ......8. 84 to $480 per annum with board and lodging, DOMESTIC SERVANTS, employed by Foreigners....$192 to 8456-per annum with lodging. Gardeners, employed by Chinese,.............
72
employed by Foreigners, TRADES, Chinese Workmen,
.8192 to $336 per annum with lodging and generally board, 8192 to $384 per annum with lodging.
...$108 to $480 per annum with board and lodging.
UNSKILLED LABOURERS, employed by Foreiguers,$192 to $384 per annum with lodging.
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$180 to $360 per annum without board and lodging. employed by Chinese,...$120 to $384 per annum with board and lodging. ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS ;—
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Blacksmiths and Fitters, employed by Foreigners,$1.20 cents to $3.60 per day.
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Labourers,
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Carpenters and Joiners,.
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Masons and Bricklayers, Painters,
Chinese,... 1.20
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to $2.20
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to 70 ceurs per day.
$ 1,20
37
10 $1.80
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1.40
to $2.00
19
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1.00
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to 2.00
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1.30
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to 2.40
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with board and lodging. without board and lodging. with board aul lodging. with bourd only.
NAME OF THE COUNTY, DISTRICT,
OR PARISH.
Colony of Hong Kong, (includ- ing the New Territories.)
RETURN OF THE PRODUCE, STOCK, &c.
Padi (2 crops)
and 1 catch-erop.
CROPS.
State the Nature of the Crop, and the Number of Acres of Land in each Crop.
22,033 | =22,079
2,225+106 +46) +
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Padi (1 urop).
8,691
Sweet PotatoAN.
2,200
Grond-nuts,
2,100
Sugar-cane.
306
Pineapples.
_81+819
Orchard,
212
Camphor.
11,500
:
49,862
Pasture.
Total Number of Acres in Crop.
- 186 Uncultivated Land 207,047 | 206,791 | Number of Acres of - 256
Horses.
STOCK
Number of.
377
1,922
Horned Cattle.
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Sheep.
$ 182
Goats,
Sheep and Goats are imported for slaughter only, with the exception of a few goats kept by Indians for milk, Sheep only imported for immediate slaughter.
Do a noi include New Territory for which no figures are available and does not include goats for slaughter.
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