Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Sydney

I, Frank H. Johnston, Master of the City of Sydney 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 & 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) Frank H. Johnston
Sworn to this 20 day of Mar 1896, before me, (signature) NS Farley , Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Sydney whereof
Frank H. Johnston is Master, from Panama, burthen 1965.83 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* Lee   Chung  25  Merchant  Panama  5'9" None
2* Chang Yeang  28  Merchant  Colon   5'4" Scar end of left eye


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.
 Note that one passenger's Last Residence is listed as Panama and the other's Colon, another
 city in Panama.

The following columns had identical entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate=none
 Complexion=Dark
 Color of Eyes=Dark
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=none

1-2 Departed per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, March 21, 1896.

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