Vol 8 - Private journal of Admiral William Henry Maxwell, 6 January 1885 - 19 April 1889. Contemporary account of Maxwell's active naval service, recording his voyage in HMS NEPTUNE, Channel Squadron, on a return passage from Portsmouth to Kingstown via Cadiz, until 6 April 1885. Maxwell was then writing from his home, Holywych House, in Cowden, Kent, 7 April 1885-1886 March 1887. He began a voyage to Hong Kong, to act as Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria as part of the Jubilee celebrations, first in SS MIRZAPORE (P&O, England to Columbo, 14-31 March 1887), and then in SS DECCAN (P&O, Columbo to Hong Kong, 8-19 April 1887). He was on board HMS VICTOR EMANUEL at Hong Kong, 20 April-14 May 1887, and was writing from Hong Kong itself, 14 May 1887 - 22 February 1889. On 6 October 1888, he records a family trip to Japan, taken 28 August - 5 October 1888. Maxwell begins his return voyage to England in SS SHANNON (P&O, Hong Kong to Colombo, 27 February - 11 March 1889), and then in SS KHEDIVE (P&O, Colombo to Marseilles, April 1889). The journal ends with Maxwell writing again from Holywych House, 19 April 1889, after travelling from Marseilles, via Paris, to London by train. Includes meteorological and technical sailing information