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CULTIVATED and UNCULTIVATED Lands, Wages, Produce, Stocke, &c.

Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.

of the Colony.

400

627

10

PREDIAL.......................

HONGKONG,

(Exclusive of City of Victoria and Villages, amounting to 900 Acres,)

17,420

18,720

KOWLOON,

17,473

18,000

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND,

197

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

...paid in kind.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS employed by Chinese, £4.10 per annum with board and lodging.

CHINESE employed by Foreigners,

£15 per annum and upwards without board.

TRADES, Chinese Workmen,

207

£12.10 and upwards per annum with board and lodging.