Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS San Blas

I, W.H. McLean, Master of the S.S. San Blas 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 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) W.H. McLean
Sworn to this 30 day of Apr 1897, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the S.S. San Blas whereof W.H. McLean is Master, from Panama, burthen 1469.50 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  Dee Sing Qui   50   Butcher           Panama    5'2" Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
 2  Hee      Gan   50   Merchant          Panama    5'3" Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
 3  Ah       Gune  46   Merchant          Panama    5'   Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
 4  Yock     Huei  52   Merchant          Panama    5'3" Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
 5  Ah       Lee   40   Merchant          Panama    5'   Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
 6  Ah       Sam   52   Merchant          Guayaquil 5'4" Fair Gray  Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
 7  Ah       Seak  40   Merchant          Guayaquil 5'3" Fair Gray  Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
 8  Cham     Che   46   Merchant          Santiago  5'2" Fair Gray  Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
 9  Leon Lam Chan  34   Restaurant Keeper Havana    5'3" Drk  Dark  Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
10  Foo      Thu   34   Merchant          Colon     5'5" Drk  Dark  Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
11  Chan     Hunn  50   Butcher           Panama    5'2" Drk  Dark  Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
12  Laing    Quong 40   Merchant          Panama    5'   Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
13  Com      Fay   27   Merchant          Panama    5'4" Drk  Dark  Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
14  Lee      Pas   46   Merchant          Panama    5'2" Drk  Dark  Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
15  Huing    Long  55   Merchant          Lima      5'7" Drk  Dark  Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
16  Loo      Foo   32   Merchant          Panama    5'4" Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
17  Laura    Foo   24   Housekeeper       Panama    4'8" Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
18  Luisa    Foo   5y3m none              Panama    3'   Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
19  Domingo  Foo   3y   none              Panama    1'7" Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97
20  Timotheo Foo   8m   none              Panama         Drk  Brown Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, May 1'97

              In Transit for Honolulu

21  Goo Cheong Ling 27  Merchant          Panama    5'5" Drk  Gray  Departed per City of Peking, Honolulu, May 1'97


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) 1892 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 columns had no entries:
 No of Certificate
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification 
 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.

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