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I, Geo MacKinnon, Master of the Am Steamship 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) Geo MacKinnon
Sworn to this 6th* day of July 1896, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Am Steamship Colon whereof Geo MacKinnon is Master, from Panama, burthen 1843.5 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*.

 1  Ah   Nin     40 Merchant  Peru   5'1½" Numerous scars forehead  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
 2  Ah   Lee     58 Merchant  Peru   5'3½" Scar top of forehead     Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
 3  Ah   Low     46 Merchant  Peru   5'6"  Scar  left temple        Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
 4       Louisa  18 Housewife Peru   5'1"                           Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
 5  Ah   Lee      1 none      Peru                                  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
 6  Ah   Quin    56 Merchant  Peru   5'3½" ?uy hair mole            Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
                                            left side of jaw
 7       Maria   17 Housewife Peru   4'8"                           Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
 8       Tove     2 none      Peru                                  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
 9  Ah   Bali    58 Merchant  Peru   5'3"  Mole left side           Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
                                            ear & Left hand
10  Lo   Kai     35 Housewife Peru   4'7"                           Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
11       Antonio  8 none      Peru                                  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
12  Kai  Kai      5 none      Peru                                  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
13  No   Hav      3 none      Peru                                  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
14  Ko   Ki       2 none      Peru                                  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
15  Attack       28 Merchant  Peru   5'3"  Numerous scars           Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
                                             top of head
16  Quan Lee     66 Merchant  Peru   5'2"  No Queue                 Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
17  Li   Chung   53 Merchant  Peru   5'6½" 3 Moles on ??ck          Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
                                             between eyes
18       Isabel  30 Housewife Peru   5'4"                           Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
19       Manuel   7 none      Peru                                  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
20       Rosa     5 none      Peru                                  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
21       Mya      3 none      Peru                                  Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
22  L?w  Li      60 Merchant  Peru   5'2½" Large mole beside        Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
                                            right eye
23  Chan Kow     55 Merchant  Mexico 5'5"  Scar left eye            Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
24  Juan Chew    49 Merchant  Mexico 5'3"  Numerous moles on face   Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
25* Juan Pin     48 Merchant  Mexico 4'    3 moles side of neck     Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
26  Juan Toy     44 Merchant  Mexico 5'?   Scar over right eye      Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
27  Lam  Tin     38 Merchant  Mexico 5'8½" Mole between eyes        Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
28  Chu  Him     38 Merchant  Mexico 5'9"  large scar back left ear Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
29  Ah   Ping    51 Merchant  Mexico 4'11" Mole left side of face   Dep per Str Peking, Hong Kong, July 11-'96
30* Yee  Tai     62 Merchant  Mexico 5'3"  Large scar left ear      Landed 8-July  Affidavit Merchant

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.

  The Sworn Statement is dated the 6th of July but 4th is written in above it.  The cover sheet
   also says July 4.

  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 in this case Sprague).

  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)

All but the last passenger are recorded as In Transit for Hong Kong.

Complexion is Dark and Color of Eyes Dk for all passengers.

The following columns had no entries:
 No of Certificate
 If accredited oficers 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.

30 Although he is not recorded as bound for San Francisco the information recorded for this
    passenger would indicate that San Francisco was his destination and that he landed there.
    Passenger has a note "Return Certificate for San Francisco."

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