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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 Acrenge of tho Colony,

406 Acres.

404 Acres.

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-Ponding a new Survey of the Colony the above are approximate figures only.

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

18,102 Acres.

1,721 Acres,

192 Acres.

PREDIAL,

paid in kind.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS, employal by Chinese, .........from $12 to $48 per annum with board and lodging.

CHINESE, employed by Foreigners,

TRADES, Chinese Workmen,

$48 to $180 per annuın.

.$36 to $72 per annum with board and lodging.

ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS :-

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

Carpenters and Joiners,

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

........from 20

to 75 cents per day with board and lodging,

Masons and Bricklayers,.

.......from 20

to 30

"

*

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Labourers,

........from 20

to $1

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