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

Estimated Acreage of Cultivated Laml in the Colony,

Estimated Acrenge of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acreage of the

Colony,

406 Acres.

391 Acres.

HONGKONG.

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

16,560 Aeres.

KOWLOON.

1,239 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.

18,081 Acres.

1,699 Acres.

192 Acres.

PREDIAL,

paid in kind.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS, employed by Chinese,.......................from $12 to 848 per annum with board and lodging,

CHINESE, employed by Foreigners,.........

..$48 to $150 per annum.

TRADES, Chinese Workmen,

ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS :—

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

Blacksmiths and Fitters,.

..from 60 cents to $1.50 per day.

Labourers,

.......................from 25

to $!

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Carpenters and Joiners,

19

to 75 cents per day with board and lodging.

Masous and Bricklayers,

.......from 50

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to 60

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