Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS St Paul

I, John Von Helms, Master of the Steamship St Paul 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 Guaymas 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) John Von Helms
Sworn to this 19 day of Nov 1894, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the St Paul whereof John Von Helms is Master, from Guaymas, burthen 678.22 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* Chun Fo Bow  25y1m  Merchant   Guaymas   Landed "I.T." Transit List 3907  Scar on right temple
2* ???  Guam    50y2m  Shoemaker  Guaymas   Landed "I.T." Transit List 3908  Mole under left eye
3* Me   Hai     25y3m  Miner      Ensenada  Landed "I.T." Transit List 3909  Scar on left temple
4* Hong Fung    59y4m  Miner      Ensenada  Landed "I.T." Transit List 3910  Scar in front of right ear


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 appears to be a system of numbering the manifests.  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 and which is stamped over whatever 
 information has been entered in the columns. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1893 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case Grant). 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.
 
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.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further destination there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number  These passengers expected to travel over
   land (by rail) to their destinations
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts

1-4 passengers are described as in transit to Hong Kong.  There is a stamp
     on the page that probably refers to all passengers, but it is not entirely
     clear that it does: "Departed per Steamer Peru Nov 24, 1894."
2   The first name of this passenger is difficult to read.  The initial letter looks
     most like N.  It ends with g or y.  There appears to be a dot, as for an i, but there
     are not enough loops or humps to make it Ning.  If one ignores the possible dot 
     it could be Nug or Nuy.  If one accepts the dot it would be Mig or Miy.

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