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CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED LANDS, WAGES, PRODUCI

Estimated Acreago

of Cultivated Land-

in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony,

406 Acres.

404 Acres.

HONGKONG.

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

16,796 Acres.

KOWLOON.

1,817 Acres.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

192 Acres,

* Note.—Pending a new Survey of the Colony the above are approximate figures onl

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

PREDIAL,

......paid in kind.

Domestic Servaxrs, employed by Chinese,..........................from $12 to $48 per annum with boi

CHINESE, employed by Fereigners,

TRADES Chinese Workmen,

$48 to $150 per nottim.

$18 and upwards per munum with be

Ordinary CoMPETEXT MECHANICS:—

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

..........from 355 cents to $150 per

Carpenters and Joiners,

..........From 80

21

10 75 cents |

Masons and Bricklayers,,

....from 20

to 40

Labourers,

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

**

to $1