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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 5th day of April 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 Yong Kee, 24y, Merchant, Honolulu, 5'?, Yellow, Brown, scar on left cheek, Affdt Mcht,
     Landed date ? Insp Barrett


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 lists for Chinese passengers have a stamp that varies depending on the disposition 
of the passenger which is stamped over whatever information has been entered in the 
columns.  Passengers allowed to land have one of the following stamps:
 Landed Collectors order_________(blank with a month and day date written in) 1893 by 
 Insp's ____, (space for a name), in this case Barrett. 
 Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number.  These passengers are bound for a 
 further port.
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number.
 Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

Certificate Number has no entry.

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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