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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.

18,102

1,721

102

...paid in kind, and in gardens from $1.50 to $2.50 a month.

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,

....................... £12.10 and upwards per annum with board and lodging,

ORDINARILY COMPETENT MECHANICS :-

Blacksmiths, Fitters and Plumbers,

..............60 cents per day.

Labourers or Assistants to Do.,

Carpenters and Joiners,..

Masons and Bricklayers,.............

Labourers, 1st Class,

........25

........33

12

............

.311

.187

77

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