CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



Streets in Singapore. 



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Chinese Characters. 





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Kemarks as to Meaning - . 



(i) 'Grind oil of sesamum street': i.e. the street 

 where oil is expressed from Sesamum. 



(ii) 'Bencoolen joss' : i.e. the street of the 

 Bencoolen street district joss. 



' Behind the Bullock-cart-water theatre 'i.e. 

 the street behind the Chinese theatre in 

 Kreta Ayer. (of Smith street and £ago 

 street). 



(i) 'Behind the temple of Ma-cho'. 



(ii) 'The street behind the temple of Kun- 

 Yam\ (The same temple is used for 

 the worship both of the godddess Ma- 

 cho, and of the goddess Kun-yam.) 



(iii) ' Free school mouth ' i.e. in front of 

 the Free school, there being a Chinese 

 School in Amoy street. 



(iv) 'Amoy street'. ('Ha-mun' is the Can- 

 tonese pronunciation' of the characters 

 representing the name of the place 

 Amoy). 



' Kampong Malacca chop ' Heng Chhun' 

 theatre opposite street' i.e. the street in 

 Kampong Malacca opposite the theatre 

 of chop 'Heng Chhun'.) (Angus street 

 is one of a dozen or more streets in the 



R. A. Soc, No. 42, 1904. 



