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Hong Kong and Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, CA
June 7, 1894

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. China, sailing from Hong Kong, May 15, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, 7 June 1894.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether having a ticket to final destination, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend 
  
 1  Wenceslao Y Banez y Perez 32y    Male Single        Merchant Spanish  Manila    New York   no  No  No

        sailing from Yokohama May 25, 1894

 2  Keijiro   Tanaka         18y9m  Male Single Student  Japanese Hiroshima San Fran   yes No  No
 3  Yeitaro   Ozawa          23y6m  Male No     Student  Japanese Kanagawa  San Fran   yes No  No
 4* Sh?zo     Iwashita       24y3m  Male No     Merchant Japanese Tochigi   Pittsburgh yes yes No
 5  Usetaro   Furusho        15y9m  Male No     Student  Japanese Kanagawa  San Fran   yes No  No
 6* Unosuke   ?an            26y10m Male Yes    Student  Japanese Fukuoka   San Fran   yes No  No
 7  Isuke     Shinye         26y11m Male No     Student  Japanese Fukuoka   San Fran   yes No  No
 8  Chojiro   Kanazaki       22y2m  Male No     Student  Japanese Fukuoka   San Fran   yes No  No
 9  Shiketaro Nakano         25y6m  Male No     Student  Japanese Fukuoka   San Fran   yes No  No
10* H.        Watanabe       22y4m  Male Yes    Barber   Japanese Yamaguchi San Fran   yes No  yes
11* Mrs. Fusa Watanabe       19y8m  Fem  Yes    wife     Japanese Yamaguchi San Fran   yes No  No
12* Mrs Suye  Sahi?a         21y10m Fem  Yes             Japanese Yamaguchi San Fran   yes No  No
13  Tajiro    Iwamasa        22y11m Male No     Merchant Japanese Yamaguchi San Fran   yes No  No
14  Yesuhei   Demizu         36y7m  Male No     Student  Japanese Wakayama  San Fran   yes No  No
15  Yoshitaro Yehara         25y8m  Male No     Student  Japanese Wakayama  San Fran   yes No  No
16* Tonokusu  K??oi          23y5m  Male No     Student  Japanese Wakayama  San Fran   yes No  No
17  Ichimatsu Yamamoto       21y3m  Male No     Student  Japanese Wakayama  San Fran   yes No  No  

    
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:
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 By whom was passage paid?=self 
 Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=yes (more for 
  passenger 1) 
 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 ?.

4  has been to San Francisco twice, 1890, 1893.  Missing letter is "i" or "o."
6  Surname starts with "Z" or "F."
10 is going to join Brother, H. Watanabe, 1329 Pine St, San Francisco.
11 occupation is wife of H. Watanabe.  No is written in the Whether Going to Join 
   column, 
12 surname is Sahira or Sahisa.  Her occupation is "going to join her husband."  
   No is indicated in the Whether Going to Join column by ditto marks.
16 Missing letters are "uj" or "iy."
Page 2 Chinese Passengers
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 91-92.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 June 2000

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