Immigrant Ships
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SS Walla Walla

I, Thos Wallace, Master of the Steamship Walla Walla 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) Thos Wallace
Sworn to this 24th day of Dec 1894, before me, (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Walla Walla whereof
Thos Wallace is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
Port of Port Townsend, Wash
Dec 24 1894

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Sir:--I certify that the S.S. Walla Walla sailed this day for San Francisco with Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as follows:--One (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of Dec 1894 (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector

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  44452  Chin Fook  46   Laundryman   Seattle   5'4"   Yellow   Brown   Hair mole near 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 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 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.  
 Dec 28 '94 Inspector Boyce, If this man is possessed of a certificate under the McCreary
 law and can be identified therewith and, also identified with description on this 
 passenger list land (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

 Dec 28-94 On identification with Int Rev Cert in his possession and description in
 passenger list, I this day landed the within chinaman (sic)
  (signature) W.G. Boyce, Chinese Inspector

There are two separate pages for this ship's arrival, for passengers from Victoria, B.C. and
 another for passengers from Port Townsend, Wash. The cover sheets have different dates of 
 arrival.

There was no entry in: 
 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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