Immigrant Ships
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SS San Jose

I, W J Russell, Master of the Steamer San Jose 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 Panama and Way Ports 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) W J Russell
Sworn to this 25 day of October 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamer San Jose whereof W J Russell is Master, from Panama and Way Ports, burthen 1535.23 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* Chug  Hue      32 Merchant Salvador  5'2"  Refused    Departed per SS San Jose 
2* Toma  Camerara 38 None     Guayaquil 4'10" Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong Nov 13, 1895       
3* Jose  Camerara  2 None     Guayaquil 2'3"  Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong Nov 13, 1895       
4* Maria Camerara  3 None     Guayaquil 3'0"  Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong Nov 13, 1895       
5* Lam   Onon Tok 4? Male     Panama    5'6"  Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong Nov 13, 1895       
6* Ton   Kum      39 Male     Panama    5'7"  Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong Nov 13, 1895       
7* Sum   Ham      39 Male     Mazatlan  5'6"  Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong Nov 13, 1895       
8* Tuck  Sing     4? Male     Mazatlan  5'8"  Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong Nov 13, 1895       


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 departure port is listed as simply "Panama."  Research indicates this refers to Panama City.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger and which is stamped over whatever 
 information has been entered in the columns. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1895 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name). 
 
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.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further destination there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number  These passengers expected to continue travel 
   by some other means to their destinations.
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

There seems to be a fold in the paper where the ages are recorded, obscuring the second
 numeral for many passengers.  The short heights of two of the passengers leads to the 
 conclusion that there is no second numeral for them.

1   is described as "For San Francisco."
2-8 are described as "In transit to China."  Departed per Peru, Hong Kong. Nov 13, 1895.
5   Landed "I.T." Transit List 4???.

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