CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS. &c. 



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Chinese Characters. 



Remarks as to Meaning, 



H* ^T Ife^Pl B^T ! '-^ ew mar ket Police house.' 



M frUlt ^ | ' Tanglin Police house -' 



g+TSj;®fci ! 'Rochore Police house.' 



f^fTUfcffiffijjfe : ' Sepoy plain (or ' lines ') Police house. 



mmjt 



ffiAk 



^pjvSBsy 



(i) ' Pickering.' 



(After Mr. W. A. Pickering, C. M. G., the 

 first Protector of Chinese). 



(ii) 'Tai-jin's office.' 



(Tai-jin, literally ' great man,' is a term of 

 respect for officials, specialised in the 

 Straits for officials of the Chinese 

 Protectorate). 



(iii) ' Licence Office.' 



(This refers mainly to the fact that brothels 

 were licenced under the C. D. O. the 

 name however still survives.) 



' Second governor's office. 



(i) 'Sue for money Court.' 

 (ii) 'Sue for money office.' 



R. A. Soc. No. 42. 1904 



