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SS Walla Walla

I, Thos Wallace, Master of the Steamship Walla Walla 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 Port Townsend from which port said steamship has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, 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) Thos Wallace
Sworn to this 26th day of Dec 1892, before me, (signature) R.C. Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Walla Walla whereof Thos Wallace is Master, from Port Townsend burthen 2168 tons

CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY

Collector's Office Dec 24, 1892 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS Walla Walla from U.S. ports of this District Three (3), from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________,) Total 3
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. Dec 24, 1892. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature) R.C. Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 28 day of Dec 1892 (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs

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  Ah  Mon      20  Washer    Port Townsend  5'4¼"  Scar behind right ear
2  How de  Ack  18  Clerk     Port Townsend  5'5¾"  Scar on right Temple
3  Ah  Yow      26  Gardener  Port Townsend  5'8"   Scar by right 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 two 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.  The two
 sets of passengers required different documentation and paperwork.

The first paragraph above is printed as part of the form for this list.  The next paragraph 
 and its heading is a piece of paper attached to the page.  The following  paragraph is a
 stamp added to the page and then completed. 

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 for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 No of Certificate=no entries
 Complexion=Yellow
 Color of Eyes=Dark 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries

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