Immigrant Ships
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SS Colon

I, George Mackinnon, Master of the Colon 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) George Mackinnon
Sworn to this 7* day of Nov 1896, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Colon whereof George Mackinnon is Master, from Panama, burthen 1848.5 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.

               In Transit for Hong Kong

 1  Kwai      Yung      55 Diplomat Peru      5'4"                   Minister to Peru
 2  Nue       Kwai Yung 28 None     Peru      4'5"               
 3  Yee       Sun       40 Servant  Peru      5'6½" Large Scar neck      
 4  Mana      Sun       33 Servant  Peru      4'4"  None 
 5  Ayalo     Sun       16 None     Peru            None 
 6  Halima    Sun        6 None     Peru            None 
 7  Shing     Tue  Lin  39 Diplomat Peru      5'6"  None              Chinese Consul
 8  Chuon     Chi       48 Merchant Peru      5'5"  None              Landed "I.T." Transit List 5935
 9  Long      Sung      46 Merchant Peru      5'6½  None              Landed "I.T." Transit List 5936
10 Chi??unia  Aman      33 Merchant Chile     5'4"  Scar on left hand Landed "I.T." Transit List 5937
11 Angel      Aman      30 Wife     Chile     4'5"  None 
12 Carlos     Torreo     8 None     Chile     4'2"  Scar right temple Landed "I.T." Transit List 5938
13 Lae        Yep       30 Merchant Guatemala 5'3½" Mole right hand   Landed "I.T." Transit List 5939
14*L?w        Fong      33 Merchant Guatemala 5'4½" Mole right hand   Landed "I.T." Transit List 5940
15 Francisco  Boy?r     33 Merchant Chile     4'0"  No finger         Landed "I.T." Transit List 5941
             
     (7) Bond Nos 5935 to 5941 inclusive, Dep per Str City of Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong Nov 12-'96
     (7) Diplomatic party Dep per Str City of Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong Nov 12-'96
  Note No 11 is a Chilean woman


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) 1896 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 column had no entries:
 No of Certificate

Complexion and Color of Eyes are Dark 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.

14  First name is Law or Low.

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