Municipal Engineer’s Office

　　Singapore, 13th September, 1875

　　Report upon the present Burial Grounds within three miles radius of the Cathedral of Singapore.

The whole of the Burial Grounds, twenty in number, have been carefully examined, and are described as follows:…

No. 9. — Chinese Old Burial Ground, “Teong Lama”, alongside road to New Harbour. Tan Beng Swee and others are the Trustees. This extensive ground of 29 acres has been closed about 16 years. It is well taken care of. It has its joss house and priests. The ground is in good order and is on undulating clay and laterite hills.

　　No. 10. — Chinese New Burial Ground “Teong Baru” 21 acres 10 perches. This has been in use about 16 years, and was evidently made as an extension of the “Teong Lama”, and like that, it is on undulating hills of clay and laterite. There is plenty of ground to spare for burials for the next ten years. The graves are made five to six feet deep; about 500 bodies per year are buried here.

　　市政工程师办公室

　　新加坡，1875 年9 月13 日

　　新加坡（圣安德烈）大教堂半径三英里内的坟场现状报告。所有二十处坟场，都经过仔细勘查，兹描述如下：……

　　第9 号为华人旧塚（注：恒山亭），俗称 “塚拉玛”，它沿着通往新港口的公路。陈明水等人为信托人。这片占地29 英亩的坟场已经封山了16 年。它被照顾得很好。它有庙宇及僧人。地势良好，位于起伏的粘土和红土丘陵上。

　　第10 号为华人新塚，俗称 “中（塚）峇鲁”，占地21 英亩10杆（英长度单位，1 杆=5 码半）。已使用了大约16 年，显然是旧塚的延申，并也一样是起伏的粘土和红土丘陵。 在未来的十年里，有足够的墓地供埋葬。这些坟墓有五到六英尺深。每年大约有500 个往生者在此埋葬。