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Barkentine Tropic Bird

I, H.B. Burns, Master of the Am Bkt. Tropic Bird 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 Papeete from which port said vessel has now arrived. I also certify that the following passenger Look Yik, occupation Merchant, Male, In transit for China, having in his possession a certificate of residence of Tahiti and an identification from the government of France duly sworn to by the U.S. of America Consulate
(signature) H.B. Burns
Sworn to this 4 day of Sept 1893, before me, J J Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Am Bkt. Tropic Bird whereof Burns is Master, from Papeete, burthen 331 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  Look Yik, age 51, Merchant, Papeete, Dark complexion and eyes, ? scar on neck
   Landed "I.T." Transit List 3029


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.

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 one of the following stamps:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1893 by 
 Insp's (blank for a name). Many of these passengers have a place name written over the 
  stamp. Where a blank is transcribed in this column no place has been written in.  Where 
  there is a question mark the entry is illegible.
 Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number.  These passengers are bound for a 
  further port.
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 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.
 Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

The following columns had no entries:
 No of Certificate
 Height
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts

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