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

Estimated Acrengo of Cultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage of the Colony.

406 Acres,

412 Acres,

HONGKONG.

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

16,796 Acros.

KAULUNG,

18,102- Acros.

1,809 Acres.

1,721 Acros.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

192 Acres.

* Notes—Penting a new Survey of the Colony the above are approximate figures only.

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

192 Acres.

PREDIAL,....

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

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 aumum.

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

ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS :—

.from 40 cents to $1.25 per day.

Blacksmiths and Fitters................

Carpenters and Joiners,.

from 30

to 50 cents per day.

Musons and Bricklayers,............

...........from 30

10 50

19

Labourers,..

....From 198 "

to 30