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

Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.

of the Colony.

400

400

PREDIAL,........

HONGKONG,

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

16,802

KOWLOON,

1,321,

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND,

192

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

...paid in kind.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS employed by Chinese,

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£4.10 per annum with board and lodging.

13,102

CHINESE employed by Foreigners,

..£15 per anuum and upwards without board.

1,721

102

TRADES, Chinese Workmen,....... .......................................................... L12.10 and upwards per annum with board and lodging.