Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Puebla

I, G Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla 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 Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, 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) G Debney
Sworn to this 25 day of Dec 1893, before me, Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G Debney is Master, from Port Townswnd burthen 1713 tons

CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY

Collector's Office Dec 25, 1893 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS City of Puebla from U.S. ports of this District Four, from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total Four (4)

Sailed from Victoria, B.C. Dec 25, 1893. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 28 day of Dec 1893 (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

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 Yam 30 Laundryman  Port Townsend 5' 5¾" Small mole right side of chin
2 Ah Sam 28 Boilermaker Port Townsend 5' 8"  Two scars near each temple
3 Ah Poy 28 Laundryman  Port Townsend 5' 6"  Scar on left thumb
4 Ah On	 45 Seaman      Port Townsend 5' 6"  Small mole on right cheek & boiled skin


Transcriber's Notes:

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 three paragraphs are two separate stamps placed on the body of the page and then completed.

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 cover sheet for this list has two stamps.  
 I certify that I have landed the within named chinese(sic) persons (signature) John Lynch,
 Chinese Inspector
 Land the following Chinese passengers on identification. JJ Tobin

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 No of Certificate=no entries 
 Complexion=Brown
 Color of Eyes=Black 
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries

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