Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

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 19th day of March 1895,
before me, (signature) 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 Townsend, burthen 1713 tons

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
Port of Port Townsend, Wash
Mar 19 1895

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Sir:--I certify that the S.S. City Of Puebla sailed this Mar 19 1895 for San Francisco with Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, via Victoria as follows:--
Chinese destined for San Francisco One
(signature) Chas Miller Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 23 day of March 1895 (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 officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1, 44210, A H Hong, 36y, Laborer, Port Townsend, 5'3", florid, brown, light long scar over left eyebrow

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 filing system for Chinese persons at the National Archives.  These
numbers are included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.
The next paragraph and its heading is a piece of paper attached to the page.
The following paragraph is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and
then completed.

The cover sheet for this list has two hand written notes.  
March 23, 1895, Inspector: Land the within named Chinaman upon identification
and production of registration certificate
  (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector 
March 23 '95, I have this day landed the within named Chinese as per
instructions. 
  (signature) John Lynch, Chinese Inspector 

The following column had no entry :
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is
possible that they have some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived
in San Francisco after 1886.

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