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SS Colon
I, George MacKinnon, Master of the SS 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) George MacKinnon
Sworn to this 2 day of Jan 1894, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS Colon whereof George MacKinnon is Master, from Panama and Way Ports, burthen 1848 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 Ah Sia 52 Merchant Departed per Steamer City of Rio de Janeiro Hong Kong Dec 30, 1893 2 Ah Sow 24 Merchant Departed per Steamer City of Rio de Janeiro Hong Kong Dec 30, 1893 3* Mrs Ah Sow 56 mother Departed per Steamer City of Rio de Janeiro Hong Kong Dec 30, 1893 4 Chi Nin 44 Merchant Departed per Steamer City of Rio de Janeiro Hong Kong Dec 30, 1893 5 Chun Kwong 45 Carpenter Departed per Steamer City of Rio de Janeiro Hong Kong Dec 30, 1893 Transcriber's Notes: * An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes. The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult. However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. 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 is Panama City. The following columns had identical entries and are not included in the table: No of Certificate=no entries Last Place of Residence=Panama Complexion=Dark Color of Eyes=Dark Height=no entries Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification=no entries If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries 3 There is a note "other than Chinese." She is listed as mother of passenger 2.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2, Manifest 9417-1.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 September 2002
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