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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 Victoria, B.C. 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) Thos Wallace

Sworn to this 27 day of May 1895, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, 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 Victoria, B.C. burthen 2168 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* Wong Pao Haw, 21y, Merchant, San Francisco, 5'5½", Yellow, Dark, Scar on left fore arm


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
 that is a part of the filing system for Chinese persons at the National
 Archives.  These numbers are included in the identification of the film and
 reel numbers below.

There were no entries in the No of Certificate and If accredited oficers of
 Chinese Government, state facts columns.

This list appears on two separate pages on the film because It embarked
 Chinese passengers from both a foreign and a domestic port, requiring two
 different sets of paper work.  

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 stamp added below the entry: "Landing Refused Habeas Corpus
  U.S.D.C. Case 11171

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1 Vol 34&35, Manifest 9472-1.

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