Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Peking

I, William Ward, Master of the City of Peking 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 Hong Kong 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) William Ward
Sworn to this 25th day of July 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Peking whereof William Ward is Master, from Hong Kong and Way Ports, burthen 3129 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.

     For San Francisco
 1  1  Lee   Bing  Yow 36 Merchant San Jose         Landed 2-Aug  Affadvait Merchant
 2  2  Lee   Quong     27 Merchant Kansas Miss      Landed 30-Jul Affadvait Merchant
 3  3  Jee   Chow      24 Merchant San Francisco    Landed 3-Aug  Native of US
 4  4  Woo   Song      33 Merchant Oakland          Landed 3-Dec  Affadvait Merchant
 5  5  Young Gow       38 Merchant Nevadaville Colo Landed 30-Jul Affadvait Merchant
 6  6  Wong  Boo       26 Merchant San Francisco    Landed 30-Jul Native of US
 7* 7  Min   Fat       24 Merchant Chicago          Landed 29-Jul Affadvait Merchant
 8* 8  Low   Ah   Choy 24 Wife     Chicago          Landed 29-Jul wife of Merchant
 9  10 Lee   Gong      32 Merchant Colusa           Landed 30-Jul Affadvait Merchant
10  11 Chow  Sing      31 Merchant Courtland        Landed 13-Aug Affadvait Merchant
11* 16 Tang  Chock     25 Merchant China            Landed "I.T." Transit List 4699      
12* 17 Tang  Fook      37 Merchant China            Landed "I.T." Transit List 4709      
13* 23 Ow    Yue       21 Wife     China            Landed 29-Jul Native of US
14  29 Ley   Yow       35 Merchant Nogales Ariz     Landed 31-Jul Affadvait Merchant
15  30 Fook  Sang      33 Merchant Los Angeles      Landed 28-Aug Affadvait Merchant
16* 31 Ah    Wing      43 Merchant Merced           Landed 2-Aug  Affadvait Merchant
17  32 Toy   Jim       38 Merchant Sacramento       Landed 30-Jul Affadvait Merchant
18  33 Su    Tin       45 Merchant Sacramento       Landed 30-Jul Affadvait Merchant
19  34 Long  On        44 Merchant Folsom           Landed 30-Jul Affadvait Merchant
                                                                                
    For Havana by Rail                                                                          
                                                                                
20* 9  Ng    Lim       42 Grocer China   Landed  "I.T." Transit List 4700        
21* 12 Tam   Kan       45 Grocer China   Landed  "I.T." Transit List 4701        
22* 13 Tam   Chung     20 Grocer China   Landed  "I.T." Transit List 4702        
23* 14 Tam   Kai  Choy 27 Grocer China   Landed  "I.T." Transit List 4703        
24* 15 Tam   Sun  You  21 Grocer China   Landed  "I.T." Transit List 4704        
25* 24 Mah   Sing Fong 47 Grocer China   Landed  "I.T." Transit List 4705        
26* 25 Mah   Su   Saw  40 Grocer China   Landed  "I.T." Transit List 4706        
27* 26 Mah   Kam  Wing 20 Grocer China   Landed  "I.T." Transit List 4707        
28* 28 Mah   Chu  You  20 Grocer China   Landed  "I.T." Transit List 4708        

    For Havana by Steamer

29     Tong  Kan  Ting 25 Grocer China   Departed per steamer San Blas, Panama, Jul 29, 1895
30     Hoo   Ho   Chin 30 Grocer China   Departed per steamer San Blas, Panama, Jul 29, 1895
31     Chun  Yow  Lang 22 Grocer China   Departed per steamer San Blas, Panama, Jul 29, 1895
32     Li    Kee       28 Grocer China   Departed per steamer San Blas, Panama, Jul 29, 1895
33     Tang  King      30 Grocer China   Departed per steamer San Blas, Panama, Jul 29, 1895

Recapitulation      Male Female Total
 San Francisco       17    2     19
 Havana by Rail       9           9
 Havana by Steamer    5           5
            Total    31    2     33
                                                

Transcriber's Notes:

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

Question marks replace illegible information or letters.

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.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger. 
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, in this case O'Leary). 
 
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.  The National Archives 
  should have a file for these passengers describing what happened to them.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they have
 some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886. 

7-8,13,16 The Inspector was Grant.
11-12     in transit for Tahiti.  Departed per City of Papeete, Aug 1, 1895.
20-28     per SPRR Aug 27, 1895.  This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.

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