Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Puebla

I, G. Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla 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 Port Townsend from which port said vessel 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 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) G. Debney
Sworn to this ? day of ? 1891, before me, (signature) JW Potter, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G. Debney is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1713 tons

CUSTOM HOUSE PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY
COLLECTORS OFFICE, Nov 5, 1891
Statement of the number of passengers embarked per City of Puebla from U.S. Ports of this District 4 Chinamen
From Victoria B.C._____ in transit to China ____ Total 4
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. ____, 1891
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 Custom House at Port Townsend, and are found to be correct. (signature) JW Potter

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 9th day of Nov 1891 (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  Goon Sing  40  Mcht         Port Townsend  5'4"  scar alongside left eye
2  Ah   Wing  25  Woodchopper  Port Townsend  5'8"  none
3  Gin  Soi   35  Woodchopper  Port Townsend  5'8"  pox marks
4  Jin  Sing  25  Canneryman   Port Townsend  5'7"  scar left temple


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 first two paragraphs above are 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 handwritten note on the body of the page.

The cover sheet for this list has two stamps and a handwritten note.  
 Inspector Presbury
  On identification land the within named chinese(sic) person in accordance with foregoing.
   (signature) LW Garkill Nov 9, 1891
 I certify that I have this day landed the within named Chinese person. 
  (signature) WW Presbury, Chinese Inspector Nov 9, 1891

Examined by Inspector Richards found to be all OK.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 No of Certificate=no entries 
 Complexion=Dk
 Color of Eyes=Dk 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries

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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