Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Puebla

I, G. Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said steamer at Victoria, B.C. from which port said steamship has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said steamship at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board the said steamship, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates. So help me God. (signature) G. Debney

Sworn to this 1st day of May 1893*, before me, M Webber, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G. Debney is Master, from Victoria BC burthen 1713 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 officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1  Eng Sue   Sang 45 Merchant Victoria   5' ?  Landed 2-May                      ? ? ? Left ear
2  Sun Ching Hin  61 Merchant Victoria   5'4¾" Landed "I.T." Transit List 2202   Mole under left ear


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.

There are three separate pages for the same arrival of this ship because it carried
 Chinese passengers from a foreign port, Victoria, and a US port, Port Townsend as well 
 as non-Chinese passengers.  The three sets of passengers required different documentation and paperwork.

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.  These numbers are
 included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.

The following columns had identical entries:
 No of Certificate=none
 Complexion=Dark
 Color of Eyes=Dark
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=none

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