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

Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acrenge of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage of the Colony.

106 Acros.

101 Acres.

O

HONGKONG.

(Exclusive of City of Victoria 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 approximale figures only,

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

18,102 Acres.

1,721 Acres.

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 annum.

.$24 and upwards per annum with bourd and lodging,

ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS :-

Blacksmiths and Fitters,.......

Carpenters and Joiners,

Masous and Bricklayers,.......

Labourers,

...........froin 35 cents to $1.50 per day.

19

....from 30 to 75 cents per day,

...from 20

H

to 40

.................from 20

to $1

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