An officer of Canterbury Corporation on board a South Eastern & Chatham Railway Company cross-channel ferry. The gentleman is wearing his ceremonial uniform, complete with tricorn hat, is holding a rolled up umbrella, and has his back to the camera. Other passengers are in the backgound and suitcases are on deck by the engine room skylight. The photographer is on the starboard side of the upper deck looking aft and to port showing the second funnel. The vessel is one of the turbine ferries The Queen (1903), Invicta (1905), Onward (1905), Empress (1907) or Victoria (1907). A vertical format negative.