CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS. &c. 



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Chinese Characters. 



Remarks as to meaninj 



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(vii) ' Twenty buildings. 5 



(This name is more generally given to 

 Jalan Sultan, but the twenty houses 

 in question were in Beach Road ! 

 This is only characteristic.) 



' Race Course Lane.' 



(There is no other name for this and half 

 a dozen other streets leading from 

 Serangoon Road towards the Race 

 Course.) 



(i) and (ii) Behind the Vegetarians' hall.' 

 (There is a meeting house of a Chinese 

 Vegetarian guild here.) 



(ii) ' ' Bencoolen ' big street.' 



(iii) ' Bencoolen.' 



(A number of streets in this neighbourhood 

 are spoken of as ' Bencoolen ' by all 

 classes of Chinese. It is usually ex- 

 ceedingly difficult to ascertain which 

 street is meant). 



' Within the spirit depot (district).' 

 (There was formerly a factory of Chinese 

 spirit near where this road now lies. 

 It is disused now. Cf. Cheang Hong 

 Lim Lane, where there is also a dis- 

 used spirit-factory.) 



R. A, Sec, No. 42, 1904. 



