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GOVERNMENT 269 



a second - class Resident, and the heads of the 

 principal departments, the post office, police and 

 prisons, the treasury, the department of lands and 

 surveys, public works, education, and the rangers. 



The Sarawak rangers are a body of some 400 

 men trained to the use of fire-arms and under 

 military discipline. The majority are Sea Dayaks, 

 the remainder Malays and Sikhs. Two white 

 officers, the commandant and the gunnery instructor, 

 are supported by native non-commissioned officers. 

 The force is recruited by voluntary enlistment, the 

 men joining in the first place for five years' service. 

 This force supplies the garrisons of the small forts, 

 one or more of which are maintained in each district ; 

 and from it a small body of riflemen has commonly 

 been drawn to form the nucleus of any expeditionary 

 force required for punitive operations. 



The whole territory of Sarawak is divided into 

 four divisions, each of which is again divided into 

 two or more districts. The first division coincides 

 with Sarawak proper ; the second includes the 

 Batang Lupar,Saribas,and Kelaka districts ; the third 

 comprises the Rejang, Oya, Muka, Bintulu, and 

 Matu districts ; the fourth consists of the Baram, 

 Limbang, Trusan, and Lawas. The first, third, and 

 fourth divisions are administered by divisional Resi- 

 dents, which three officers rank next to the Rajah in 

 the official hierarchy. Each district is under the 

 immediate charge of an officer. These district 

 officers are of two ranks, namely Residents of the 

 second class, and Assistant Residents. In each 

 district, with the exception of the smallest, the 

 Resident is assisted in his multifarious duties by a 

 second white officer of the rank of cadet or extra- 

 officer, and has under his direction a squad of ten to 

 twenty-five rangers under the charge of a sergeant ; 

 a sergeant of police in charge of about twelve 

 policemen, who are generally drawn from the 



