Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Rio de Janeiro

I, J. Tremaine Smith, Master of the City of Rio de Janeiro 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) J. Tremaine Smith
Sworn to this 16th day of March 1893, before me, (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Rio de Janeiro whereof J. Tremaine Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275.45 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* 380 Chung Pong         Landed "I.T." Transit List 1973	
2* 388 Ho    Hon          Landed "I.T." Transit List 1974	
3  384 Mrs   Law  Ho      Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10561	
4  385 Mrs   Chin So Moy  Landed 20-Mar	affdt mcht's wife
5  386 Mrs   Fong See     Refused  Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10560	


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) 1892 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case Cor????). 
 
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:
 Age
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

No of Certificate has been replaced with No of Ticket.
Occupation is blank for passengers 3-5.  Passengers 1-2 are listed as "Actor."
Last Residence is China for all passengers.

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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