British North Borneo Police Antique Picture 1899

A black & white print, from a disbound book The Queen's Empire 2 1899 with another print on the reverse. 

Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 11.5" x 9" or 29.5cm x 23cm, including text and border.

Actual picture size approx 8.75" x 6.5" or 22cm x 16.5cm

This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.  

All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.  

While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.

Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO POLICE.
It has been said in a classical passage that a policeman's life "is not a happy one.' It is hard to imagine the lot of the British North Borneo constable is not an exception to the rule,, The men who form the police force at Sandakan, the capital of British North Borneo, are, as our illustration shows, organised rather as a military than as a civil force, and their "beat "is under the greenwood tree. The men are Sikhs from India, and Malays; of the latter some have but recently been reclaimed from the side of disorder to that of law, and it is said that more than one Dyak "head hunter" is now a trusty and efficient member of the British North Borneo Police, willing and competent to track down his old associates and to put an end to their cruel practices.