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CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED LANDS, WAGES, PRODUCE, STOCKS, &c.

Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Laud in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage

of the Colony.

406 Acres.

412 Acres.

HONGKONG.

(Exclusive of City of Victoria and Villages, amounting to 900 Aeros.).]

16,796 Acres.

KAULUNG.

18,102 Acres.

1,309 Acres.

1,721 Actes,

STONE CUTTERS ISLAND.

192 Acres.

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

192 Arres.

PREDIAL,

.......paid in kiml.

Domestic ServaNTS, employed by Chinese...................................from $12 to $36 per annum with board and lodging.

CHINESE, employed by Foreigners.

TRADES Chinese-Workmen,

$48 to $144 per

..........$60 and upwards per auuum with board and lodging.

Ordinary Competext Mecuasies

Blacksmiths,

From 40 cents to $2 per day.

Carpenters and Joiners,

.....from 30

་

to 70 cents per day.

Masons and Bricklayers,

........from 30

to 50

.

Labourers,

...from 20

+

to $1 per day.