Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Peking

I, William Ward, Master of the Amer S.S. 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) William Ward
Sworn to this 2nd day of March 1895, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the S.S. City of Peking whereof William Ward is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 3129 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*.

			For Panama					

 1   1  Hong  Tie         31  5'2"  Departed per Steamer SS Acapulco Panama Mch 9, 1895
 2   2  Hong  Chue        21  5'    Departed per Steamer SS Acapulco Panama Mch 9, 1896
 3   3  Hong  Mow         20  4'10" Departed per Steamer SS Acapulco Panama Mch 9, 1897
 4  10  Sue   Mee         37  5'    Departed per Steamer SS Acapulco Panama Mch 9, 1898

                        For Havana                                      

 5*  4  Chang Chue        20  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4053
 6*  5  Chang Kai   Tak   29  5'4"  "I.T." Transit List 4054
 7*  6  Chang How   Yan   36  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4055
 8*  7  Chang Kai   Ying  44  5'4'  "I.T." Transit List 4056
 9*  8  Chang Man   Sing  21  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4057
10*  9  Chang How   Soy   45  5'4"  "I.T." Transit List 4058
11  11  Tai   Ting  Chin  30  5'6"  Departed per Steamer SS Acapulco Panama Mch 9, 1895
12  12  Tai   Ting  Kwai  20  5'4"  Departed per Steamer SS Acapulco Panama Mch 9, 1895
13* 13  Lam   Lai   Loo   28  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4059
14* 14  Lam   Kai   Gho   28  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4060
15* 15  Lam   Kai   Yee   24  5'3"  "I.T." Transit List 4061
16* 16  Lam   Kai   Y??   24  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4062
17* 17  Lee   Chong Sing  20  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4063
18* 18  Lam   Kai   Yung  32  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4064
19* 19  Lam   Kai   Sue   26  5'    "I.T." Transit List 4065
20* 20  Lam   Sing  Sing  20  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4066
21* 21  Lam   Ying  Fow   36  5'6"  "I.T." Transit List 4067


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 filing 
 system for Chinese passengers at the National Archives.  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) 1895 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name). 
 
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)

Certificate has been crossed out and replaced by Ticket in the No of Certificate column.

The following columns had identical entries and are not included in the table:
 Occupation=Grocer
 Last Place of Residence=China
 Complexion=Yellow
 Color of Eyes=Black
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification=no entries
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries


5-10, 13-21 Departed per S.P.R.R. March 5, 1895.  This is probably the Southern Pacific
     Railroad.

Get all your genealogy books and CDs at one convenient location:
Genealogical Publishing Company

---

World Vital Records - An Affordable Option