Immigrant Ships
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SS San Blas

I, WH McLean, Master of the San Blas 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) WH McLean

Sworn to this 20 day of May 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the San Blas whereof WH McLean is Master, from Panama & Way Ports, burthen 1496.5 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  Wo      Gun     35  Merchant  Guayaquil 5'4"   Landed "I.T." Transit List 4413
 2  Chow    Fin     30  Merchant  Guayaquil 5'2½"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 4414
 3  Ah      Chan    41  Merchant  Panama    5'2"
 4  Yean    Qui     53  Merchant  Panama    5'4"   left hand crippled
 5  Loy     Ohn     47  Merchant  Panama    5'     left ear off
 6  Lee     Leon    45  Merchant  Panama    5'5½"
 7  Hee     Hian    40  Merchant  Panama    5'6"
 8* Ah      Fam     40  Merchant  Panama    5'4"   scar left ?
 9  Mrs     Fam     25  None      Panama    4'11"
10  Francis Fam   6y8m  None      Panama    3'11½"
11  Ah      Chon    43  Merchant  Peru      5'2"
12  Chun    Yoy     45  Merchant  Colon     5'3½"
13  Wong    Lai Kay 49  Merchant  Colon     5'4"
14  Ah      Poh     47  Merchant  Panama    5'7"
15  Yon     Hee     11  None      Colon     4'6"
16  Chaw    Hee   6y5m  None      Colon     4'


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, in this case Grant). 
 
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 column had no entries:
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts

All passengers are listed as in transit to Hong Kong, departing by City of
 Peking May 25, 1895.

Complexion is Yellow and Color of Eyes is Dark for all passengers.


8  The location of his scar looks like four but could possibly be jaw.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1 Vol 34&35, Manifest 9472-2.

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