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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.

406 Acres.

404 Acres.

HONGKONG,

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

16,796 Acros.

KOWLOON.

18,102 Acres.

1,317 Acres.

* 1,721 Acres.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

192 Acres.

* Note.—Pending 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 por annum.

$60 and upwards per annum with board and lodging.

ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS :-

Blacksmiths and Fitte:s,

......from 30 cents to $2.00 per day.

Carpenters and Joiners, ...

.......from 30

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to 70 cents per day.

Murous and Bricklayers,

.....from 25

to 50

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Labourers,

......from 20

to

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