Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Colon

I, Geo McKinnon, Master of the S.S. Colon 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 Way Ports 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) Geo McKinnon
Sworn to this 13th day of Feb 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the S.S. Colon whereof Geo McKinnon is Master, from Panama and Way Ports, burthen 1843.50 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 officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1* Ah   Jim    54  Cook                    5'3" Mole on throat, middle finger of right hand contracted
2* Jose Li     24  Wood Chopper  Guatemala          
3* Ah   Chung  20  Cook          Mexico             


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
 or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is part of the filing system
 for Chinese persons at the National Archives.  These numbers are included in the 
 identification of the film and reel numbers below.

The departure port is listed as simply "Panama"  Research indicatges this refers to Panama City.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, 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 the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1895 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name). 
 
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Landing Refused 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.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further destination there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number  These passengers often expected to travel over
   land (by rail) to their destinations
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

Certificate No is entered only for passenger 1.

The following columns had identical entries and are not included in the table:
 Complexion=Mongolian
 Color of Eyes=Dk Brown 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=none

1   Certificate No is 7057.  Last Residence for this passenger is Bark Templar Callao, San Frco 
     Residence 636 Pacific St.  There is a note "sailed from  San Frco October 27 on Bark Templar."  
     There is a stamp "Landing Refused Departed per Steamer City of Sydney Panama Feb 28, 1895."  
     There is a slip of paper attached to the page with a hand written note: "Feby 18th 95, Ah Jim, 
     ex Colon, answers to description given on manifest.  He has Int Rev Laborer's certificate 
     7057 Dist California, and certificate of discharge from the American Consul in Callao. The 
     American bark Templar on which he sailed from San Francisco via Vancouver to Callao was sold 
     at the last named place. (signature) Presbury 19th landing refused transferred to City of Sydney."
2-3 Are in transit to Hong Kong.  Departed per Steamer Gaelic Hong Kong Mar 5, 1895.  Each 
     of these passengers has a number written on the line that appears to be an "I.T." Transit 
     List number.  Those words, I.T. transit List, could be on the page obscured by other writing.
2   Number is 4048
3   Number is 4049. 

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