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Muntri Street : (1) Hokkien, Sek-lan-ni hang ffi -jf} 

 ^^}c Eurasian lane. (2) Hokkien, Lam hoa i-F ke p^j ^ 

 fsfl^ijf^T " Lam hoa hospital street," after the Chinese medical 

 institution there, Cantonese, Nam wa yi iin kai p&?jiftf$7£ 

 |£f (3) Hokkien, Sin hai-lam kong-si ke fJf^l^^V^J '$$ 

 "new Hailam kong-si street," after the new Kong-si house of the 

 Hailams. Cantonese, San hoi nam kung-si kai ^If/^^f^-WJ 



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Noordin Street: Hokkien, Koe kang-a te ji tiau lo 4 

 ^f^lf?!^ — ^^§" " P asse( * rivulet, number two street' 

 i. e., the second street after crossing the Prangin Ditch from 

 Beach Street. Cantonese Kwo kong chai tai yi thiu lo j^ j^ 



Northam Road: Hokkien, Aug mo- lo- $I^-$§ -'red 

 hair road "=road where the Europeans live. That part of this 

 road which joins Penang Road is sometimes called ang mo* ku 

 thiong j|r^^^ " re d [hair old cemetery", i. e., the Pro- 

 testant and Roman Catholic Cemetery there. Cantonese, Hung 



Penang Road : Part I., about Chulia Street. Hokkien, 

 Tiaii-lang ke ^ \ |§ " hanging people street "—formerly cri- 

 minals were hung there. Cantonese, Tiu yan kai S A 2fe 



PART II., about Chowrasta market. (I) Hokkien, Ku kha- 

 khu ^U$}jf||o " old jail"=the old Criminal Prison, which was 

 formerly situated at the present vacant piece of ground opposite 



the Chowrasta market. Cantonese, Kau ka-ku iHljMUJg (1) 



