Immigrant Ships
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SS Australia

I, HC Houdlette, Master of the SS Australia 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 Honolulu 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)HC Houdlette
Sworn to this March 8th 1893 before me, M Webber, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS Australia whereof HC Houdlette is Master, from Honoluu, burthen 1937.89 tons

Columns represent: Number, Certificate Number*, 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. In addition there is a stamp across the line, on top of the information in the columns, that indicates the dispostion of the passenger.

1* On Kue, 30y, Actor, Honolulu, 5'7", Yellow, Brown, Lump back of right ? (possibly ear), Affdt Actor


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.

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 In the Certificate No column it says "Notary Public."  Passenger was Landed Mch 8 by Inspector
   Hatch.

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