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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 Acres.

400

PREDIAL,........................

HONGKONG.

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

16,802 Acres.

KAU-LUNG.

18,102 Acres.

1,321 Acres.

1,721

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STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

102 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,.

Carpenters and Joiners,

Masons and Bricklayers,

Labourers,............................

$72 per annum and upwards without board.

192

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-800 and upwards per annum with board and lodging.

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

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