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

Estimated Acreage

of Cultivated Land in the Colony.

400 Acres.

400

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PREDIAL,.

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.

HONGKONG,

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

16,802 Acres.

KOWLOON,

Estimated Acreage

of the Colony.

18,102 Acres.

1,321 Acres.

1,721

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STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND,

192 Acres.

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

.................paid in kind.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS employed by Chinese,...$21.00 per annum with board and lodging,

CHINESE employed by Foreigners,................

TRADES, Chinese Workmen,...........................

ORDINARILY COMPETENT Mechanics:-

Blacksmiths,..........................

.$72 per annum and upwards without board.

192

.800 and upwards per annum with board and lodging.

.........00 cents per day

Carpenters and Joiners,

........35

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Masons and Bricklayers,

Labourers,

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