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

Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage

of the

Colony.

400 Acres.

HONGKONG,

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

16,802 Acres.

KAU-LUNG,

18,102 Acres.

401 Acres.

1,320 Acres.

1,721 Acres.

PREDIAL,

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND,

192 Acres.

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

......paid in kind.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS employed by Chinese,

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

TRADES, Chinese Workinen,..........

ORDINARILY COMPETENT MECHANICS :-

Blacksmiths,.........

192 Acres.

$21.60 per annum with board and lodging.

.672 per annum and upwards without board.

$60 and upwards per annum with board and lodging.

......60 cents per day.

Carpenters and Joiners,

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Masons and Bricklayers,...

Labourers,.......

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