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 & Way Ports 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 18th day of March 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship St Paul whereof
John Von Helms is Master, from Guaymas, burthen 678.22 tons

*Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 18 day of Mar 1895 (signature)____________, 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* Ma   Hang     32 Merchant Ensenada 5'2" Landed "I.T." Transit List 4097
2* John Y??      21 Farmer   Ensenada 5'1" Departed per steamer China Hong Kong Mar 28, 1895
3* Yu   Shun Gow 44 Farmer   Ensenada 5'5" Departed per steamer China Hong Kong Mar 28, 1895 

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 National
  Archives file system on Chinese persons.  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 following 
 paragraph is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.  The bottom
 of this stamp with the signature is cut off the page, but the initial F of the surname suggests
 that is it NS Farley.

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) 1895 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case Grant). 
 
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
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

1-3 are described as "In transit for Hong Kong."
1   Departed per steamer China Hong Kong Mar 28, 1895.
2   Second name could be Yue.

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