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NOTES AND QUERIES

out assistance from other sources, assuming land for the necessary vegetable gardens and seed beds also available.

Wong Chuk Yeung

yield in rice 1.5 picul x 2 harvests = 3 piculs

less 2 tau seeds = 2.8 piculs

less 30% (by volume) for hulling etc. = 2.33 picul. (Note: this could represent a willingness to eat very un-white rice in this upland village.) 2.33 piculs less 20% Crown Rent = 1.86 piculs (See Crown Rent section below.)

1.86 piculs less 3% wastage = 1.80 piculs (lower wastage figure as all stored in cocklofts)

1.80 piculs a year = 7.7 taels a day (Assumes 380 day year; fewer festivals in an upland village) = 96% of 1 adult requirement.

Plus sweet potatoes

yield, say 8 piculs in weight (this figure not checked with Tai Foo) less wastage 20% = 6.4 piculs

6.4 piculs = 1 catty 11 taels a day or 42% of 1 adult's requirement.

Thus 1 tau of good average land in Wong Chuk Yeung could feed 1.38 adults without assistance from outside, assuming the necessary vegetable gardens and seedbeds.

Yield for 1 tau best land in Tai Wai

yield in rice 4 piculs x 2 harvests = 8 piculs

less 2 piculs seeds = 7.8 piculs

less 40% (by volume) for hulling = 6.08 piculs

6.08 piculs less 12% Crown Rent = 5.35 piculs

5.35 piculs less 5% wastage = 5.08 piculs

5.08 piculs = 1 catty 4.3 taels a day (400 day year) = 2.53 adults requirement.

Plus sweet potato as above 2 catties a day or 0.5 adults requirement. Thus 1 tau of best Tai Wai land could feed 3.03 adults without outside assistance assuming the necessary vegetable gardens and seedbeds.

Seedbeds

Tai Foo implied 2 shing (1 shing = 1/10 tau) of seedbed per tau of fields.

Vegetable Gardens

No details, but small - 1/2 to 1 1/2 shing (about 380 sq. ft.) seems reasonable for

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198 NOTES AND QUERIES out assistance from other sources, assuming land for the necessary vegetable gardens and seed beds also available. Wong Chuk Yeung yield in rice 1.5 picul x 2 harvests = 3 piculs less 2 tau seeds = 2.8 piculs less 30% (by volume) for hulling etc. = 2.33 picul. (Note: this could represent a willingness to eat very un-white rice in this upland village.) 2.33 piculs less 20% Crown Rent = 1.86 piculs (See Crown Rent section below.) 1.86 piculs less 3% wastage = 1.80 piculs (lower wastage figure as all stored in cocklofts) 1.80 piculs a year = 7.7 taels a day (Assumes 380 day year; fewer festivals in an upland village) = 96% of 1 adult requirement. Plus sweet potatoes yield, say 8 piculs in weight (this figure not checked with Tai Foo) less wastage 20% = 6.4 piculs 6.4 piculs = 1 catty 11 taels a day or 42% of 1 adult's requirement. Thus 1 tau of good average land in Wong Chuk Yeung could feed 1.38 adults without assistance from outside, assuming the necessary vegetable gardens and seedbeds. Yield for 1 tau best land in Tai Wai yield in rice 4 piculs x 2 harvests = 8 piculs less 2 piculs seeds = 7.8 piculs less 40% (by volume) for hulling = 6.08 piculs 6.08 piculs less 12% Crown Rent = 5.35 piculs 5.35 piculs less 5% wastage = 5.08 piculs 5.08 piculs = 1 catty 4.3 taels a day (400 day year) = 2.53 adults requirement. Plus sweet potato as above 2 catties a day or 0.5 adults requirement. Thus 1 tau of best Tai Wai land could feed 3.03 adults without outside assistance assuming the necessary vegetable gardens and seedbeds. Seedbeds Tai Foo implied 2 shing (1 shing = 1/10 tau) of seedbed per tau of fields. Vegetable Gardens No details, but small - 1/2 to 1 1/2 shing (about 380 sq. ft.) seems reasonable for

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198 NOTES AND QUERIES out assistance from other sources, assuming land for the necessary veget- able gardens and seed beds also available. Wong Chuk Yeung yield in rice 1.5 picul x 2 harvests = 3 piculs less 2 tau seeds = 2.8 piculs less 30% (by volume) for hulling etc. = 2.33 picul. (Note: this could represent a willingness to eat very un-white rice in this upland village.) 2.33 piculs less 20% Crown Rent = 1.86 piculs (See Crown Rent section below.) 1.86 piculs less 3% wastage = 1.80 piculs (lower wastage figure as all stored in cocklofts) 1.80 piculs a year = 7.7 taels a day (Assumes 380 day year; fewer festivals in an upland village) = 96% of 1 adult requirement. Plus sweet potatoes yield, say 8 piculs in weight (this figure not checked with Tai Foo) less wastage 20% = 6.4 piculs 6.4 piculs = 1 catty 11 taels a day or 42% of 1 adults requirement. Thus 1 tau of good average land in Wong Chuk Yeung could feed 1.38 adults without assistance from outside, assuming the necessary vegetable gardens and seedbeds. Yield for 1 tau best land in Tai Wai yield in rice 4 piculs x 2 harvests = 8 piculs less. 2 piculs seeds = 7.8 piculs less 40% (by volume) for hulling = 6.08 piculs 6.08 piculs less 12% Crown Rent = 5.35 piculs 5.35 piculs less 5% wastage = 5.08 piculs 5.08 piculs = 1 catty 4.3 taels a day (400 day year)= 2.53 adults require- ment. Plus sweet potato as above 2 catties a day or 0.5 adults requirement. Thus 1 tau of best Tai Wai land could feed 3.03 adults without outside assistance assuming the necessary vegetable gardens and seedbeds. Seedbeds Tai Foo implied 2 shing (1 shing = 1/10 tau) of seedbed per tau of fields. Vegetable Gardens No details, but small - 1⁄21⁄21⁄2 shing (about 380 sq. ft.) seems reasonable for !

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