Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Umatilla

I, J.C. Hunter, Master of the Steamship Umatilla 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 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) J.C. Hunter

Sworn to this 29th day of Feb 1895, before me, (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Umatilla whereof J.C. Hunter is Master, from Port Townsend burthen 2168 tons

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
Port of Port Townsend, Wash

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.,
Feb 27, 1895
Sir:--I certify that the S.S. Umatilla sailed this day for San Francisco via Victoria with Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as follows:--Two (2) (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 2 day of Mar 1894 (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* 55355 Lew Ah   Chee  24  Laundryman  Seattle        5'2½" Dark  Brown    None
2* 53105 Lee Hong Yin   37  Laborer     Port Townsend  5'4½" Light Dk Brown Small mole on right side of neck


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 first three paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 paragraph and its headings 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 signature on this
 stamp is nearly cut off the page.  Only the J is legible but JJ Tobin is usually the Deputy 
 Collector who signs.

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 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.  There are two manifests for the Umatilla with the same 
 number. They apparently are not the same sailing since the dates are inconsistent.

The following column had no entries for all passengers:
 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.

1 There is a note "Reg cert # 55355 landed Mch 2nd."
2 There is a note "Reg cert no 53105 landed Mch 2nd." 

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