Immigrant Ships
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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 24th day of Oct 1896, before me, (signature) Chas Miller, 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

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, PORT OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASH
Sir:
I certify that the SS City of Puebla sailed Oct 24, 1896 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with Two Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached. (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 27 day of Oct 1896 (signature) JJ Tobin, 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* 68288 Jei On	   47 Seaman  Port Sowns 5'6¼" Medium brown mole on right cheek, mole on left temple
2* 52265 Lom Young 25 Laborer Port Sowns 5'6¾" Dark   brown Small scar outer corner 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 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 separate stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The cover sheet for this list has two stamps. 
 Inspector 
  Land the within named Chinese passenger on identification and judication of
   registration certificate.
   (signature) JJ Tobin Collector Oct 27, 1896
 I certify that I have this day landed the within named Chinese passenger. 
  (signature) AB Meredith, Chinese Inspector, Oct 26, 1896

The following column had no entries:
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

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.

1-2 For the Place of Last Residence Port is clear.The next word begins with S.  The remaining
     letters are neither tall nor below the line.  The best guess is transcribed above. 

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