222 CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENANO. 



Waterfall Road : Hokkien, A ek to-hm 5gj^^lJ)|| 

 the Chinese pronunciation for Ayer Terjun, which means ' water 

 plunging.' 



Weld Quay : Hokkieh, Hai ki» sin \o- /^^fjf $S 



' sea-beach new road," or Sin hai ki n ke %)]$$l$t$$ "new 

 sea-beach road." Cantonese, Hoi phe f&ff? {; sea-beacn." 



Western E,oad : Hokkien, Argmcr sin thiong $1^- |Jj 

 ^ " red hair new cemetery," so called after the European new 

 cemetery there. Sai hoa hang ggffi^ the Western grand 

 lane. Peng an hang ^p^"7^ the happy lane. Cantonese, San 

 hung mo fan fjlfj!%^ " new red hair cemetery." Sai wa 

 hong 'ggfjl^ Phengonhong 2p^^ 

 GOVERNMENT OFFICES. 



R % C. 0. Hokkien, Jl ong koan Z^.^|S "No. 2 King's 

 office " ; the Governor being the No. 1 King. 



Treasury: Hokkien, Kong-pan-ge khcr-pang £*ty[$j 

 J8|-j^| kong-pan-ge is the Chinese pronunciation for company, 

 i. e., the East India Company, the Government; and kh6"-pang 

 means treasury. Cantonese, Fu-fong jj|jL^| " treasury." 



Stamp Office : (1) Hokkien, Be ang-a thau e koan _8| ^§j 

 i^ fiS^ Hi " Selling doll-head Office." Cantonese, Mai kung 

 chai thau nga mun tf ^ff jJj^jjP^ "belling doll-head ya- 

 men." (2) Hokkien, si- tan koan ^^(Jffl si-tan = stamp, 

 and koan means office. Cantonese, Si tarn kun i fj3$lj? 



