MALAYA IN PHOTOGRAPHS: 19TH CENTURY - 1957

James Wheeler Woodford Birch - the first British Resident in Perak, he was killed by Maharaja Lela at Pasir Salak on November 2, 1875.His Malay clerk, Mat Arshad, was alo killed in the attack.

Hackney carriages plied the streets for hire to tuans going to tthe club (below)

Sir Andrew Clarke, who became Governor of the Straits Settlement in 1873

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