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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH MAY, 1888.

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The amplification of the rules is given below:-

Letters.

Pronunciation and Remarks.

Examples.

Java, Banána, Somáli, Bari, Snákin. Tel-el-Kel, Oléleh, Yezo, Medina, Le-

vúka, Peru,

Thus, not Feejee, but Fiji, Hindi.

Tokio.

a

ah, a as in father..

C

eh, e as in benefit..

English ei as in ravine; the sound of ee in beet.

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o as in mote,

LL

long u as in flute; the sound of oo in boot.

ai

English i, as in ice.

au

ao

is slightly different from above.

ei

h

C

ch

d

f

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ow as in how

Thus, not Zoolon, but | Zulu, Sumatra.

Shanghai.

•Thus, not Foochow, laut | Fuchau.

Macno.

is the sound of the two Italian vowels, but is frequently slurred | Beirút, Beilúł.

over, when it is scarcely to be distinguished from ey in the English they.

English 6.

is always soft, but is so nearly the sound offs that it should be | Celebes.

seldom used.

If Celebes were not already recognised it would be written Selebes.

is always sounded as in church.

English d.

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kh

gh

lmn

ng

Chingehin.

English f. ph should not be used for the sound of f.

Thus, not Haiphong, but | Haifong, Nafu,

Galápagos.

Japan, Jinchuen.

is always hard. (Soft g is given by j)

is always pronouneed when inserted."

Englishj. Dj should never be put for this sound English k. It should always be put for the hard e

The Oriental guttural..

is another guttural, as in the Turkish

As in English.

Thus, not Corea, but | Korea.

has two separate sounds, the one hard as in the English word finger, the other as in singer. As these two sounds are rarely em- ployed in the same locality, no attempt is made to distinguish between them.

As in English.

should never be employed ; qe is given as kur

Khan. Dagh, Ghazi.

Kwangtung.

S

1.

1"

As in English.

W

X

is always a consonant, as in yard, and therefore should never be Kikúyn.

used as a terminal, i or e being substituted.

Z

English z

Thus, not Mikindány, but, Mikindani.

not Kwaly, but | Kwai,

Zuia.

Accents should not generally be used, but where there is a very Tongatába, Galápagos, Palawan, Sará-

decided emphatic syllable or stress, which affects the sound of the word, it should be marked by an acute accent.

wak.

INTELLIGENCE BRANCH.'

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September, 1885.

A. S. CAMERON, Colonel,

A.Q.M.G.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 215.

The following Returns of Deaths for the week ended the 12th May are published for general information.

By Command.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th May, 1888.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.