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SS Australia

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, under Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1893, to be delivered to the Commissioner of Immigration by the Commanding Officer of any vessel having such passengers on board upon arrival at a port in the United States.

S.S. Australia, sailing from Honolulu, Mch 31, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, April 7, 1894.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read and Write, Nationality, Final Destination in the US, By whom was passage paid?, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

  
1* Wm Edward Edmondson 25y8m M No   Teamster yes English  Pasadena, Cala WEE    yes  yes yes
2  Jos       Paiko     41y8m M Yes  Mechanic yes Hawaiian SF             self   more yes yes
3  Jos       Paiko, Jr 22y   M Yes  Mechanic yes Hawaiian SF             self   more     yes
4* Sam       Wo        38y3m M Mar  Merchant no  Chinese  SF             Sam Wo more no  yes
5* John      Kaimi     34y2m M Sing Tourist  yes Hawaiian City                  $700 no  yes 
6* Mrs.James Shaw      22y   F Mar           yes Hawaiian Midwinter Fair                 yes
7* Hattie    Shaw      2y2m  F S                                         

    
Transcriber's Notes
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not 
included in the table:
 Last Residence=Honolulu 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes
 Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity=no
 Whether a Polygamist=no
 Whether under contract to labor in the US=no
 Condition of Health Mental and Physical=good
 Whether having any deformities=no 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

1   has been to Pasadena Cal Jany 1892.  He is going to join Father, John 
     Edmondson, 131 Wave Dr Pasadena
4   Last Residence is Nuuanu St in Honolulu.  He has been to San Francisco 
     1886.  He is going on business.
5   passage was paid by Wm H Irwin & Co.  The Ever Before in the US and 
     Going to Join columns say "never been there before", "going there for a 
     vacation."
6   passage was paid by Kilauea Cyclorama Co.
6 & 7 are going to join Husband and Father  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 48.

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