Immigrant Ships
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SS Australia

I, HC Houdlette, Master of the SS Australia do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Honolulu from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature)HC Houdlette
Sworn to this May 3 1893
before me, John Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS Australia whereof HC Houdlette is Master, from Honolulu, burthen _____ tons

Columns represent: Number, Certificate Number, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion, Color of Eyes, Physical marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts. In addition there is a stamp across the line, on top of the information in the columns, that indicates the dispostion of the passenger.

1 Ham Chin, 34, Merchant, Honolulu, 5'7 5/8", yellow, light brown, series of spot under??, 
  affdt Merchant Consul Bee San Fran, Landed May 3, 1893 Insp Barrett

Transcriber's Notes:

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be 
difficult.  However, There appears to be a system of numbering the manifests.  
These numbers are included in the identification of the film and reel numbers 
below.

The lists for Chinese passengers have a stamp that varies depending on the 
disposition of the passenger which is stamped over whatever information has
been entered in the columns.

Passengers allowed to land have one of the following stamps:
 Landed Collectors order_________(blank with a month and day date written in)
   1893 by Insp's ____, (space for a name), in this case Barrett. 
 Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number.  These passengers are bound
   for a further port.

Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number.
 Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

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