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The 2000 Russian car was exceptionally large and, in a number of ways, resembled a Canadian Pacific Railway boxcar. It was unusually long - 43 feet - and had a carrying capacity of forty tons of grain. The knocked down cars were shipped to Vladivostock by ship from Pictou Landing. One vessel, carrying 175 cars, was torpedoed by a German submarinein the Mediterranean Sea. Eastern Car sent a supervisor to Vladivostock to oversee the assembly of the cars that was performed by Korean labour.

IG is the Inspector General, Robert Hart, of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service (IMCS). Because it's hard work at the IMCS in China, Hart provided recreations for his staff, e.g. invite them home to play tennis and have lawn party. Hart was also in charge of Tung Wen Kuan 同文館, which was created to train Ching officials in western knowledge, such as mathematics, chemistry, and European languages etc. Tung Wen Kuan later evolved into Peking University. This should be part of the album originally owned by Henry Somerset Saunderson, who was a staff at the IMCS at the time. Later Saunderson married the ex-wife, Claire, of Walter Caine Hillier KCMG CB and he was the cause of their divorce. Walter was born in Hong Kong, so a Hong Konger in modern term. There is a street in Hong Kong named after his father. For Robert Hart see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Robert_Hart,_1st_Baronet For Saunderson see: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Saunderson-56 For Clare St George (Ord) Saunderson see: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ord-98 For Walter Caine Hillier see: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hillier-245

This should be part of the album owned by Henry Somerset Saunderson, who was a staff at the Imperial Maritime Customs Service. Paul Boell must be his friend. His wife, Claire, was the ex-wife of Walter Caine Hillier KCMG CB and he was the cause of their divorce. Walter was born in Hong Kong, so a Hong Konger in modern term. There is a street in Hong Kong named after his father. For Saunderson see: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Saunderson-56 For Clare St George (Ord) Saunderson see: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ord-98 For Walter Caine Hillier see: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hillier-245