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SS Belgic

I, WH Walker, Master of the S S Belgic 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 Hong Kong 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) WH Walker
Sworn to this 22 day of September 1892, before me, (signature) M Webber, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the S S Belgic whereof WH Walker is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2695 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Ticket*, 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.

Please scroll to the right to see all the information.

              Chinese Consul's Certificates

 1  28 3         Quon  Chuck Sing  41 San Fran    Landed 26-Sep  scar  left side of top of head 
 2  23 331       Woo   Chun  Quan  46 San Fran    Landed 23-Sep  Mole corner of left ear & below rt ear
 3  1  428       Yee   Qwong       32 Colo Spgs   Landed 23-Sep  Scar on 2nd finger of left hand & little finger same hand crooked
 4  3  429       Yee   Poy         31 Denver      Landed 23-Sep  Scar on left of neck & small scar above right ear
 5  21 443       Yee   Chong Hing  39 Colo Spgs   Landed 23-Sep  Mole on right chin
 6  30 749       Cha   Leung Chan  39 ?????ma     Landed 23-Sep  Small scar back of neck & mole on chin
 7  66 761       Ma    Tin         29 Los Angeles Landed ?       Mole in left of upper lip & on right of face
 8* 8  771       Yee   Hing        32 Courtland   Landed 23-Sep  Scar in each corner of forehead and scar on right eyebrow
 9  31 841       Fing  Sum         25 ?????ento   Landed 23-Sep  Small mole on left eyebrow & on left of neck
10  25 853       Lai   Lang  Tin   38 Ruby Nev    Landed 23-Sep  Large scar on right hand
11  24 866       Lai   Min         31 San Fran    Landed ?       Small scar on end of right eyebrow & on chin
12  67 950       Mo    Han         30             Landed 17-Oct  Small scar on left side of face
13* 17 Feb 25/91 Fung  Quan        33             Landed ?       
14  19 Jul 24/91 Low   Yuey        30             Landed         
15  29 Mar 6/91  Pon   Yee         27             Landed         
16  32 Jul 28/91 Fong  Chum        27             Landed         
17  33 Mar 28/91 Loui  Chee  Tack  10             Landed      Mcht's son & Citizen.
18  34 Dec 16/90 Yue   Mee   Chung 41             Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10444
19  40 Oct 24/89 Low   Yin         39             Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10443
20  43 Sep 3/90  Wong  Ming        43 San Fran    Landed 
21  45 Nov 27/88 Wong  Shui        49 Chico       Landed 
22  49 Dec 12/90 Tam   Yick        27 ?           Landed 
23  50 Dec 12/90 Tom   Yuen        39             Landed 
24* 51 Dec 12/90 Sue   Chuen       45             Landed      wife of Mcht       
25* 52 Dec 12/90 Tom   Yuck  Ying  13             Landed      Citizen    
26  53 Mar 1/91  Ng    Yue   Wood  34             Landed 
27  59 Jul 28/91 Yue   Chong       26 Willows     Landed 
28  60 Mar 9/91  Chan  Yu    Tuck  33 Los Angeles Landed 
29  61 Jun 12/91 Ng    Cheong      36 ?????d      Landed 
30  65 Aug 22/90 Ng    Man   Ting  37 ???ville    Landed 

              Merchant's Certificates

31* 4            Wong  Lung  Lwng  32 San Fran    Landed 30-Sep
32* 9            Chin  Wah         35 San Fran    Landed 
33  18           Woo   Cha         26             Refused Departed per Belgic
34  27           Leong Foy         39             Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case ? 
35* 28           Quan  Chuck Tung  41             
36  44           Gho   Chong       28             Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case ? 
37* 46           Wong  Chow        35 Piedras Negras              
38  47           Quan  King        33 San Fran    Landed Transit Cert No. 157?           
39* 48           Chow  Ying        19 San Fran   

              Without Certificates

40* 16           Wong  Lui   Moy   21             Landed 27-Sep  affdt Seamstress & Citizen
41* 41           Chun  Soy   Lan   21             Landed 1-Feb   wife of Mcht
42* 54           Chin  Ching       17             Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case  10445
43* 55           Chun  Kwai        39             Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case  10446
44* 56           Chun  Yung        12             Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case  10447
45  57           Ng    Chuck Pow    5             Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case  10448
46* PI           Lee   Yow         29 San Fran    Landed 1-Oct   affdt Actor
                                                                        
              For Panama                                                                        
                                                                        
47* 5            Lai   Young ?at   39 China       Departed  per SS City of New York Sept 26, 1892        
48  6            Lai   Ham         16 China       Departed  per SS City of New York Sept 26, 1892        
49  12           Chun  Chung Kue   32 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1566       
50  13           Chun  Kow   Yue   16 China       Departed  per SS City of New York Sept 26, 1892        
51  14           Chun  Shun  Yung  20 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1567       
52* 15           Ching Lan         12 China       Departed  per SS City of New York Sept 26, 1892        
53  26           Cha   Wan   Tune  35 China       Departed  per SS City of New York Sept 26, 1892        
54  36           Chun  Sing  Yuen  28 China       Departed  per SS City of New York Sept 26, 1892        
55  37           Chim  Yick        15 China       Departed  per SS City of New York Sept 26, 1892        
56* 38           Ow    Yung  Sun   12 China       Departed  per SS City of New York Sept 26, 1892 
57* 39           Ow    Yung  Hin   11 China       Departed  per SS City of New York Sept 26, 1892 

              For Havana

58  10           Kwan  He    Kong  39 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1556
59  11           Kwan  He    Seong 35 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1557
60  20           Mah   Tung        38 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1558
61  21           Mah   Wan         33 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1559
62  22           Mah   Po          52 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1560
63  35           Yue   Yuen  Kwai  40 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1561
64* 42           Lo    Sing  ?n    40 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1562
65* 61           Fong  Sing  ?n    32 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1563
66  62           Fong  Sing  Fat   32 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1564
67  63           Lee   Yaw   Kue   28 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert 1565

              For Acajutla*

68  7            Lee   Oy    Sow   47 China       Landed "I.T." Transit  Cert ?

Recapitulation              Males  Females  Boys  Girls  Total
For San Fran Consul's Certs  27      2       1            30
             Merchant's "     7      1                     8
             Without    "     1      4       1      1      7
                Total        35      7       2      1     45
For Panama                    8              3            11
For Havana                   10                           10
For Acajutla                  1                            1
    Total                    54      7       5      1     67


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber, 
  or is used to call attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

Question marks replace illegible information or letters.

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.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1896 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case Picard with exceptions noted below). 
 
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Landing Refused Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number.  These passengers were 
  probably allowed to land, but not to freely enter the country.  The National Archives 
  should have a file for these passengers describing what happened to them.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes

The No of Ticket column was added by the original completer.
Occupation is Merchant for all passengers except as noted below.
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification was completed only for
 the first 12 passengers.

Last Residence has been obscured by the Landed stamp for San Francisco passengers.
 It is transcribed where it was possible to interpret.  Where the space is blank, there
 appears to be nothing entered.  Last Residence is China for passengers bound elsewhere.

The Physical Marks column was completed for only the first twelve passengers on the list.

Acajutla is in El Salvador.

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.

 8    Courtland is identified as "Cal."
13    Landed by Insp. Grant.
24-25 Fem is written beside the Ticket No for passenger 24.  There is a faint mark beside
       the Ticket No. for passenger 25 that could also be Fem.
31-32 Landed by Insp. Grant.
35    There are ditto marks under the Habeas Corpus USDC Case stamp of the passenger
       above this one.  However, it is not at all clear they represent that this
       passenger was also held.  It would be unusual thaqt the stamp would be too light
       to appear on the microfilm and also unusual to use ditto marks instead of the stamp.
37    Occupation is Cook. 
39    Occupation is woman.
40-41,46 Landed by Insp. Grant.
40-44 Are listed as "F."
47    Last name could be Tat or Fat, although the letter is different from other Ts or Fs.
52,56-57 Occupation is Boy.
64-65 Third name is An or On.

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