Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Peking

I, J. Tremaine Smith, Master of the Amer Str 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) J. T. Smith
Sworn to this 18 day of Feb 1896, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Amer Str City of Peking whereof J. Tremaine Smith is Master, from Hong Kong & Way Ports, burthen 3128.99 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.

              San Francisco

 1* 1  Wong   Tuck       24 San Francisco Landed 10-Mar  Native of US
 2  2  Chen   Qwong Ying 24               Landed 10-Mar  Native of US
 3  3  Yue    Chee  Sow  23               Landed 10-Mar  Native of US
 4  5  Chow   Back  Get  32 Los Angeles   Landed 24-Feb  Affadavit Merchant
 5  17 Ung    Wing  Hoy  33 San Jose      Landed 21-Feb  Affadavit Merchant
 6* 37 Poon   Kum   Fong 21 San Francisco Landed 10-Mar  Native of US
 7  38 Chen   Go         50               Landed 21-Feb  Affadavit Merchant
                                                                        
              Havana by Rail                                                                    
                                                                        
 8* 4  Lum    Chen        23 China Landed        "I.T." Transit List 5115        
 9* 30 Wong   Kum   Fook  50 China Landed        "I.T." Transit List 5116        
10* 31 Lee    Leong       38 China Landed        "I.T." Transit List 5117        
11* 32 Lee    Poon        43 China Landed        "I.T." Transit List 5118        
12* 33 Wong   Sun   Yo?   28 China Landed        "I.T." Transit List 5119        
13* 34 Fong   Sun         31 China Landed        "I.T." Transit List 5120        
14* 35 Lee    Wong        29 China Landed        "I.T." Transit List 5121
15* 47 Lee    Chee        35 China Landed        "I.T." Transit List 5122
16* 48 Lee    Ho          20 China Landed        "I.T." Transit List 5123

              Havana by Steamer

17  6  Yow    Fong        42 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
18  7  Low    Shing       40 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
19  8  Low    Yaw   Ja    35 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
20  9  Mo     Fod         28 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
21  10 Mo     Sang        24 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
22  11 Mo     Poo         25 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
23  12 Mo     Fong        26 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
24  13 Low    Moy         40 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
25  14 Lock   Low         22 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
26  15 Lock   Tow         25 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896     
27  16 Loo    Poo         40 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
28  18 Chue   Koon  Fong  46 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
29  19 Chen   Fod   Sin   38 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
30  20 Chue   Too   Sin   31 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
31  21 Chue   Kaw         26 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
32  22 Li     Yued  Lung  31 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
33  23 Cheong Ching       20 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
34  24 Cheong Yong  Sow   33 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
35  25 Ng     Ling        38 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
36  26 Fong   Lun         28 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
37  27 Chun   Kwock Sin   29 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
38  28 Lee    Hin   Sow   30 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
39  29 Low    Yu          25 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
40  39 Low    Fong        31 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
41  40 Sam    Ling  Poo   30 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
42  41 Woo    Kwock Shing 21 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
43  42 Chun   Shew  Tang  23 Panama Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
44  45 Chang  Chong       38 Panama Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1897
45  46 Chang  Wan         23 Panama Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1898
46  49 Low    Kwu   Fan   34 Panama Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1899
47  50 Chang  Wo          31 Panama Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1900

              Panama

48  43 Yip    Kum         40 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896
49  44 Yip    Chin        30 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896

              Callao*

50  36 Hue    Young       45 China  Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Feby 18, 1896

Recapitulation  Males  Females  Total
 San Francisco    6       1       7
 Havana by Rail   9               9
 Havana by Str   31              31
 Panama           2               2
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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) 1896 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

Occupation is Merchant for all San Francisco passengers, except as noted below, 
 and Grocer for all others.

Callao is the port for Lima, Peru.

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.

 1    There is a note in the last column "claimed in 12017/17027."
 6    Occupation is "to join her husband."
 8-16 Departed per SPRR February 24, 1896.  This is probably Southern Pacific Railroad.
12    Third name is probably Yow, but there is a curlicue after the w that makes it look like Youe.

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