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SS City of Puebla

I, G Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla 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 Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, 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) G Debney
Sworn to this__day of____, before me, Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G Debney is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1713 tons

CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY

Collector's Office Sep 11 1893 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS City of Puebla from U.S. ports of this District Two, from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total Two

Sailed from Victoria, B.C. Sep 11 1893. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 14 day of Sept 1893 (signature) JJ Tobin, D Deputy Collector of Customs

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion, Color of Eyes, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1  Lee Ah  Gum 32 Gardener Port Townsend 5' 6"  Yellow Dark Scar above left temple
2  Ah  Yuen    35 Gardener Port Townsend 5' 4½" Dark   Dark Scar above forehead


Transcriber's Notes:

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 three paragraphs are two separate stamps placed on the body of the page and then completed.

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 cover sheet for this list has two hand written notes and a stamp.  The notes are:
Respectfully referred to Collector for a ruling as to the rights of the within named Chinese 
 persons to land (signature) S.J. Ruddell, Dep Coll
Allow landing under Dept telegram of Mar 21, 1888 (signature) JJ Tobin Dep Coll.

I certify that I have landed the within named Chinese(sic) persons (signature) WW Presbury

The stamp is:
 Inspector Presbury on identification by _____ (uncompleted blank) land the within named
 Chinese persons.  JJTobin Dep Coll Sept 14

The following columns had no entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 No of Certificate
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts

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