Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Para

I, J.K. Brown, Master of the Steamship City of Para 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) J.K. Brown
Sworn to this 9 day of April 1898, before me, (signature) Charley Juilem, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Para whereof J.K. Brown is Master, from Panama, burthen 2504.88 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*.

              Chinese in Transit to Hong Kong

     1  Chan Kan     20  Merchant  South America
     2  Gee  Kee     24  Merchant  South America
     3  Wong Gun     57  Merchant  South America
     4  Ah   Sha     21  Merchant  South America
     5  Lee  Chong   44  Merchant  South America
     6  Lan  Chan    51  Merchant  South America
     7  Lay  Chang   31  Merchant  South America
     8* T??  A  Gui  23  Merchant  Costa Rica

Recapitulation
 7 Departed per Str Peru April 12th 1898
 1 Died
 8* accounted for              


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.

? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
  condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

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 list states that 1 passenger died but there is no information as to which passenger that was.

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.

8 First name could be Tow.

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