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

of Cultivated Land

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony.

Estimated Acrenge

in the Colony.

Estimated Acrengo

of the Colony.

$19 Acres.

21,761 Acres.

COPY OF INFORMATION SENT TO Stock Exchange, re Area of Colony,

Total Aren of Colony,

Area alienated,

Area unalienated,

Cultivated Area,

Area

occupied by

Pine Plantations.

PREDIAL,

22,580 Acres.

1,627

21

20,953

"

819

23

5,000 Acres.

·

· Note.—Pending a new Survey of the Colony the above are approximate figures only.

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

paid in kind.

22,580 Acres.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS, employed by Chinese,

.....from $12 to $48 per annum with board and lodging.

GARDENERS, employed by Chinese,

**

employed by Foreigners,

..from $34 to $120 per annum with board and lodging.

.....from $96 to $156 with lodging.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS, employed by Foreigners,...$48 to $240 per annum.

TRADES, Chinese Workmen,

.$96 $108 per annum with lodging.

UNSKILLED LABOURERS, employed by Foreigners, $84 to $108.

employed by Chinese,...$36 to $60 with board and lodging.

ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS :-

Blacksmiths and Fitters,

Labourers, and Fitters,

........from 60 conts to $1.50 per day.

"

to $1

Carpenters and Joinere, .....

Masons and Bricklayers,

.......from 50

"

to 75 cents per day with board and lodging.

..from 50

11

to 60

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