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

Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Land in the Colony.

Estiinated Acreage

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony,

of the

Colony,

406 Acres.

404 Acres.

PREDIAL,

HONGKONG.

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

16,796 Acres,

KOWLOON.

1,317 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.

•paid in kind.

18,102 Acres.

1,721 Acres.

192 Acres.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS, employed by Chinese...................................from $12 to $36 per anmm with board and lodging.

CHINESE, employed by Foreigners,..

TRADES Chinese Workmen,..

$48 to $144 per annum.

.$24 and upwards per annum with board and lodging.

ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS:

Blacksmiths and Fitters,

.....from 35 cents to $2.00 per day,

Carpenters and Joiners,.

..from 30

to 75 cents per day.

Masons and Bricklayers,

.....from 25

to 50

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....from 20

Labourers,

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to 81