CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c, 207 



fore - many years are past, and sooner or later no doubt the 

 Chinese will find names for them. Now it seems a pity that 

 street-names should be multiplied unsystematically in Chinese 

 as well as in English, and I should like to see the Municipality 

 step in and take the mater in hand. Suggestions need not be 

 made here as to what plan should be pursued, but there are 

 several alternative methods, and I think something ought to be 

 done. 



I should state that infallibility cannot be claimed for this 

 list. Various informants have given contradictory information. 

 However such as it is, it may, I hope, prove useful to any 

 European with a knowledge of Chinese and to any Chinaman with 

 a knowledge of English. 



I have added the names for some of the more important 

 bridges, police stations and public buildings, and where I have 

 been able to ascertain them, the names of the country roads and 

 districts. Here I found it very difficult to obtain exact informa- 

 tion, most of what is given having been kindly furnished by Mr. 

 Langham-Carter of the Land Office. 



Following will be found a list some of the places with which 

 Singapore has connections, commercial or otherwise. This in- 

 cludes the names of European States and, at the other extreme, 

 local coast ports. 



Mr. E. A. Gardiner of the Straits Police kindly sent me a 

 list of the names of streets in Malacca, with some interest- 

 ing notes by Mr. Go Lai Kui, the Government Interpreter 

 there. 



And through the courtesy of various officers of the Feder- 

 ated Malay States Civil Service, I have been furnished with the 

 Chinese equivalents for the names of the most important places 

 in the States. 



Mr. A. M. Pountney contributed Selangor. 

 Mr. VV. Cowan sent the Perak names, with notes by Mr, 

 W. D. Barnes. 



For Pahang I am indebted to the District Officers at Raub 

 and Kuala Lipis. 



The Negri Sembilan names were supplied through Mr. 

 Ridges. 



R. A. So'c, No.' 42, 1904*. 



