Immigrant Ships
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SS Colon

I, George MacKinnon, Master of the 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 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) George MacKinnon

Sworn to this 10 day of April 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Colon whereof George MacKinnon is Master, from Panama, 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 oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

 1* Kung  Sam       32y6m  Merchant  Panama 5'6"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 4220
 2* Chuck Ting      48y8m  Merchant  Panama 5'4"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 4221
 3  Chang Yin       32y    Merchant  Panama 5'4"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
 4  Fun   Way       31y9m  Merchant  Panama 5'6"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
 5  Com   Toh       30y1m  Merchant  Panama 5'6"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
 6  Heo   Yan       38y8m  Merchant  Panama 5'4"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
 7  Jaun  Checa     50y0m  Merchant  Panama 5'4"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
 8  San   San       32y8m  Merchant  Panama 5'4"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
 9  Ah    Sing      29y2m  Merchant  Panama 5'5"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
10  Li    Heoh Ting 34y7m  Merchant  Panama 5'4"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
11  Mein  Thai      29y8m  Merchant  Panama 5'3"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
12* Ah    Lem       36y3m  Merchant  Panama 5'7"  Landed "I.T." Transit List ?
13  Ah    Quam      32y2m  Fisherman Panama 5'3"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
14  Ah    Chee      44y9m  Merchant  Panama 5'3"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
15* ?om   San       43y9m  Merchant  Colon  5'9"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru
16* Quang Leen San  10y8m            Colon  5'8"  Departed for China April 13, 1895 per Str Peru


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 a
 part of the National Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers
 are included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.

The departure port is listed as simply "Panama."  Research indicates 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 expected to
  travel over land (by rail) to their destinations
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

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

Complexion and Color of Eyes are recorded as Dark for all passengers.

 1,2,12  Departed for China April 13 -'95 per Str Peru.
15       Missing letter could be Q or T.  It does not look exactly like other
         Ts but is different from the Q in the name below it, Qom, Tom.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1 Vol 34&35, Manifest 9469-2.

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