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McNair, CIM

 * 1) McNair, Malcolm
 * 2) * Born 1860 or 1861
 * 3) * 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.
 * 4) * 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.
 * 5) * 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

 * 1) Gulston, Mr F W K - China's Millions, Vol. 17, no. 1 (Jan. 1892), by China Inland Mission, see p.25.
 * 2) Dorward, Adam - see "Pioneer work in hunan by adam dorward and other missionaries of the CIM"

Other sources and information related to McNair
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. 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
 * See blockquote below from Lascars.co.uk (lascars are apparently "the forgotten Asian, African and other 'foreign' seamen serving on British ships". A second reference "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.
 * The National Archives have a record of a letter written on board SS Massilia on 5 Nov 1888.

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 * James Gilmour travelled on teh SS Massilia in 1890 and reports the fact in his book "James Gilmour and His boys".

Sino-British conflict, Opium in 1700-1900
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 * 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.


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