Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Sydney

I, J M Cavarly, Master of the City of Sydney 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 Panama and Punta Arenas 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) JM Cavarly
Sworn to this 8th day of Nov 1893, before me, NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Sydney whereof JM Cavarly is Master, from Panama, burthen 1965.88 tons

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  Juan      Chong 46 Merchant Punta Arenas Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
 2  Mrs       Chong 28 Traveler Punta Arenas Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
 3  Miss      Chong 12 Traveler Punta Arenas Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
 4  Miss      Chong 1  Traveler Punta Arenas Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
 5  Mrs Julia ???ng 26 Traveler Punta Arenas Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
 6  R         Chan  52 Merchant Punta Arenas Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
 7  E         Chan  46 Merchant Punta Arenas Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
 8  M         Ajon  49 Merchant Punta Arenas Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
 9  Way       Poh   42 Merchant Panama       Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
10  Choy      Ivo   36 Merchant Panama       Landed "I.T." Transit List 3188
11  Man       Ling  39 Merchant Panama       Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
12  Hai       Hoon  34 Merchant Panama       Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
13  Ah        Yeen  41 wife     Panama       Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893
14  Miss Ah   Yeen  7  child    Panama       Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Nov 9 1893


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 departure port is listed as just Panama.  Research suggests this refers to Panama City.

Passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp that varies depending on the disposition 
of the passenger and 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 (blank for a name). 
 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.  These passengers were probably allowed
  to land, but not to freely enter the country.
 Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts

Occupation is universally recorded as Merchant or Grocer because following the Chinese 
 Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882 admission was denied to all Chinese except laborers already 
 in the US and "students, teachers, merchants or those proceeding to the United State from 
 curiosity."

All passengers are described as "In Transit for Hong Kong."

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