CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c . 



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Chinese Characters. 



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Remarks as to Meaning*. 



(' Tek Kha' is the name of the Selegie Road 

 neighbourhood. ) 



(i) ' The big horse (carriage) road in Kreta 



Ayer. ' 



(ii) ' Paint-wood street ' i.e. ' Painter's 



street.' 

 (This refers to the part between the Police 



Court and the river. 



' Behind the Central Police Stacion beside 



the canal.' 

 (cf. North Canal Road and Macao Street.) 



■ End of the foreign brothels beside the 



Police Station.' 

 (cf. Banda Street.) 



- Flo wing- water ditch.' 



(Thisappearsto refer to the Stamford Road 



canal, which is notorious for being so 



often practically stagnant.) 



(ii)' ' Purt Ki ' foreign shoe shop' 

 (There is an old established Chinese shoe- 

 makers' shop chop • Pun ki ' near the 

 Bishop's House.) 



(i) & (ii) ' Behind the Ma-cho temple thea- 

 trical stage.' 

 (cf. Amoy Street.) 



R. A. Soar. No. 42, 1904. 



