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 23rd day of April 1895, 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
Apr 23 1895

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Sir:--I certify that the S.S. Walla Walla sailed this Apr 23 1895 for San Francisco with Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, via Victoria as follows:--Six (6)
Chinese destined for San Francisco Six (6)
(signature) _______ 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  54323 Leong Soon      29 Laborer    Portland Or  5'1 1/8" Dark  Dk Brown mole left side of chin
2  52772 Leong How       29 Laundryman Portland Or  5'3¾"    Dark  Dk Brown Hair mole under right jaw
3  52050 Lee   Took Hong 32 Laborer    Portland Or  5'9½"    Light Dk Brown three small scars on right cheek
4  55270 Sam   Lung      40 Laborer    Portland Or  5'7"     Dark  Dk Brown Small scar on left temple near the hair
5  55012 Mah   Hee       44 Laborer    Port Angeles 5'3½"    Dark  Dark     Scars right & left of nose
6* 5577? Ma    Yik       44 Laborer    Couperville  5'3"     Light Brown    Scar on left jaw


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 cover sheet for this list has two hand written notes.  
 Inspector: [Land] the within named Chinese person on identification and production
  of Registration Certificate
  (signature) JJ Tobin  Deputy Collector 
 After having identified the six Chinese named within and checking the numbers of their 
 certificates with the numbers on the manifest and finding them to agree I landed the 
 men on above note.
   (signature) BT Harrison, Inspector

The following column had no entries:
 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.

6 The last digit of the certificate number is most likely a 9.

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