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Opium and Spirit Farms:
    • Hokkien, A-phièn kong-si 亞片公司 "opium Kong-si."
    • Cantonese, Nga phin kong-si 亞片公司
    • Hokkien, Chiú kong-si 酒公司 "Spirit kong-si."
    • Cantonese, Chau kong-si 酒公司
Municipal Office:
    • Hokkien, Ah sè koan 押栖關 ah sè=the Malay word hasil, meaning tax, and koan means office.
    • Hokkien, Chúi sè koan 水栖關 "water rate office."
    • Hokkien, Kong pó kiok 工部局 "works department."
Town Hall:
    • Hokkien, Ang mô kong koán 紅毛公館 "European club."
Chinese Town Hall:
    • Hokkien, Pêng cheang kong koán 平章公館
    • Cantonese: Pheng cheung kung kun 平章公館
The Medical Institution:
    • Hokkien, Lâm hoa i īⁿ 南華醫院
    • Cantonese, Nam wa gi ūn 南華醫院
St. George’s Church:
    • Hokkien, Ang mô toā lé-pài-tn̂g 紅毛大禮拜堂 "European big church."
Church of Assumption:
    • Hokkien, Sek-lân-ni lé-paì-tn̂g 色蘭乳禮拜堂 "Eurasian Church."
Armenian Church:
    • Hokkien, Lū-sòng lé-paì-tn̂g 呂宋禮拜堂 lū sòng being a corruption for Luzon of the Philippines Islands, and lé-pài-tn̂g means Church.
Penang Free School:
    • Hokkien, Ang mô͘ o̍h 紅毛學 "European school".
St. Xavier's Institution:
    • Hokkien, Sek-lân-ní o̍h 色蘭乳學 "Eurasian School."