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

Estimated Acreage

of Cultivated Land

Estimated Acreage of Uncultivated Land in the Colony,

in the Colony,

Estiumted Acreago of the Colony.

816 Acres.

21,775 Acres.

COPY OF INFORMATION SENT TO STOCK EXCHANGE, RE AREA OF Colony.

Total Aren of Colony,

22,591 Acres.

1,657 >>

Aren alienated,

Area qualienated,

Cultivated Area,

20,934 "

816

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22,591 Acres.

Area occupied by Pine Plantations.

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5,500 Acres.

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

NEW TERRITORY,

Area of Mainland.

Area of Islands.

Total Area.

Cultivated Aren,

175,537 Acres.

Lantao

36,599 Acres. other Islands 14,736 19

226,872 Acres.

40,709 Acres.

51,835 Acres,

Note.—Practically all the available aren is enltivated, the remainder being steep hillsides,

AVERAGE RATE OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

PREDIAL,

...............paid in kimi.

Domestic Servants, employed by Chinese, ..............from $24 to $120 per annum with board and lodging.

GARDENERS, employed by Chinese,

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„from $54 to $120 per annum with lolging and genorally board.

employed by Foreigners, ..............from $96 to $156 with lodging,

Domestic Servants, employed by Foreigners, ...$60 to $240 per annum,

TRADES, Chinese Workmen,

.$96 to $108 per annum with board and lodging.

Unskilled LABOURERS, employed by Foreigners, $108 to $120 per annum with lodging,

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employed by Chinese, ...$36 to $72 with board and lodging,

ORDINARY COMPETENT MECHANICS;

Blacksmiths nad Fitters,

Labourers,

Carpenters and Joiners,

Masons and Bricklayers,

..from 69 cents to $1.50 per day.

.................from 30

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to $0.60

....from 30

..from 50

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to

75 cents per day with board and lodging,

to

60

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