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Notes, work in progress

=McNair, CIM=

McNair, Malcolm
* Born 1860 or 1861
* Sailed for China with the CIM on the SS Massilia on Thursday 1 Nov 1888; accompanied by 3 other recruits. Arrived 15 December 1888 (China's Millions, "CM"), though the "register" shows 1 December 1888.
* 1889, left along with the Sha-si and Shih-sheo stations by the departure of Thomas James to Sichuan, the Gulstons (Frederick and Mary) having already left for Hankow. Reported in CM in August 1889.
* Returned, possibly to a posting in Glasgow, in the later part of 1891; this is apparent as the station listing state that Sha-si and Shih-sheo stations were left empty at that time (see personal file Malcolm-McNair_Hunan-Province_Nov1888-to-1891(2).tif).

=Associates or geographically close missioners to McNair=

Gulston, Mr F W K - China's Millions, Vol. 17, no. 1 (Jan. 1892), by China Inland Mission, see p.25.
Dorward, Adam - see "[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NIYaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22pioneer+work+in+hunan%22&dq=%22pioneer+work+in+hunan%22&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 Pioneer work in hunan] by adam dorward and other missionaries of the CIM"

=Other sources and information related to McNair=

See blockquote below from [http://www.lascars.co.uk/shiplist.html Lascars.co.uk (lascars are apparently "the forgotten Asian, African and other 'foreign' seamen serving on British ships"]. A second reference [http://www.shf.org.au/yLibraryDB/AustShipsIllust.html "Key to Australian Steamship and Motor Vessel Illustrations" "Information held in the Sydney Heritage Fleet Records and Research Centre"] gives the tonnage as 5026 but agrees on the year of construction.

MASSILIA: 4,908 grt; 420 x 45; Card & Co., Greenock, 1884; Australia service; 154 First class, 75 Second class passengers; sister: VALETTA; broken up Italy 1904.

The National Archives have a record of a [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=157-ddwm&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18 letter written on board SS Massilia on 5 Nov 1888].

Letter, T.P. & C.M. Foster, on board S.S. Massilia, at Gibraltar, to Thos. Bescoby at E. Retford DD/WM/4/146 5 Nov. 1888

Contents:

Re. payment of £100 to uncle H.P. Foster for maintenance of aunt Emma.

Damaged

James Gilmour travelled on teh SS Massilia in 1890 and reports the fact in his book "[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=x_sOAAAAQAAJ&q=%22SS+Massilia%22+china&dq=%22SS+Massilia%22+china&as_brr=0&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 James Gilmour and His boys]".

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Sources

=Sino-British conflict, Opium in 1700-1900=

All these sources are either partially free to view or available in part from Amazon or GoogleBooks:

Note use of Template:Cite_book.


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| title= [http://www.archive.org/details/chinesewaraccoun00ouchrich The Chinese war : an account of all the operations of the British forces from the commencement to the Treaty of Nanking]

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[http://www.oocities.com/victorianmedicine/sources.html List of works on victorian medicine pertaining to the question of addiction]. Note that addiction was used in the sense of something habitual. Just as you would might "he was addicted to a cheery disposition" - the use of the word as a medical diagnosis dates from WWI{{fact}}.

:: it may be used in such a manner in certain contexts but not in medicine do your research