Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Sydney

I, Frank H. Johnston, Master of the City of Sydney 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) Frank H. Johnston
Sworn to this 17th day of Mar 1897, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Sydney whereof Frank H. Johnston is Master, from Panama, burthen 1965.88 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*.

 1* Mon     Chi   46 Merchant Panama      Landed "I.T." Transit List 6211
 2* Mrs Mon Chi   24 female   Panama      Landed "I.T." Transit List 6212
 3* Master  Chi    5          Panama      Landed "I.T." Transit List 6213
 4* Master  Chi    2          Panama      Landed "I.T." Transit List 6214
 5* Miss    Chi    1 female   Panama      Landed "I.T." Transit List 6215
 6* Chin    Yee   30          Panama      Landed "I.T." Transit List 6216
 7* Chan    Goe   32          Panama      Landed "I.T." Transit List 6217
 8* Ah      Chun  40          Panama      Landed "I.T." Transit List 6218
 9* Quon    Moon  41          La Libertad Landed "I.T." Transit List 6219
10* Chue    Jing  34          La Libertad Landed "I.T." Transit List 6220
11* Chen    Kum   38          Champerico  Landed "I.T." Transit List 6221
12* Hing    Kee   44          Acajutla    Landed "I.T." Transit List 6222
13  Wing    Chong 34 Merchant Acajutla  Died 6AM May 13th cause consumption


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) 1897 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
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 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.

1-8 Departed per Str Peru, Hong Kong, March 23-'97
9-10 Departed per Str Coptic, Hong Kong, April 1-'97.  Held back was written in and crossed out for these passengers.
11-12 Departed per Str Peru, Hong Kong, March 23-'97

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