Scope and Contents 154 x 105 mm. A group photograph showing Siamese, and Malysian and Indian police, and British officials grouped round the flagpole at Klian Intan after the ceremony by which Siam ceded responsibility for the territory to the British. In front of the police force of the two powers stand (from left to right): Siamese police inspector; Inspector SIMPSON, Perak Police; J.D. KEMP: Manager of the Rahman Tin Co.; Hubert BERKELEY (1864-1942); M.S.C. 1886-1926; District Officer, Upper Perak...

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80 x 129 mm. A three quarter length portrait showing Sir Ernest Birch standing in a field with a shotgun under his arm. Sir Ernest Birch (1857-1929) was the son of James Birch, the first British Resident in Perak., and served in the Malayan Civil Service from 1878-1910. He served as British Resident, Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan 1897-1900, Governor of Labuan 1901-1904 and British Resident, Perak 1904-1910. A portrait probably taken in England.

Scope and Contents 273 x 228 mm (mounted on card). A group photograph taken in front of the Palace of the Sultan at Kuala Lumpur. Originally dated 1904, the photograph can however have been taken in 1905 at the earliest, since Sir William Taylor wears the order of the K.C.M.G awarded to him in that year. Figures identified in the group are: Oliver MARKS (1866-1940); Secretary to the High Commissioner and later British Resident in Negri Sembilan and Selangor; Eric MAXWELL; no information; (?) R.W. BROOKS; no...