Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Peking

I, J.T. Smith, Master of the City of Peking 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 Hong Kong and 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.T. Smith
Sworn to this 22 day of February 1898, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Peking whereof J.Tremaine Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 3128.59 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 Steerage from Hong Kong to San Francisco

 1  1    Ko    Sin           30 Landed 28-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 2  4    Tom   Gouie         32 Landed 26-Feb Affidavit Merchant
 3  5    Kwan  Chuen         28 Landed 26-Feb Affidavit Merchant
 4  6    Wong  Man    Leung  34 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 5  7    Ng    Fung   Tai    27 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 6  8    Poon  Kin           20 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 7  9    Chan  Kwong         21 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 8* 10   Wong  Ling          23 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
 9  12   Wong  Pun     Leong 23 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
10  13   Tsoi  Kai           22 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
11  14   Ma    Kan     Shun  28 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
12  15   Ng    Yuh           21 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
13  16   Sin   Lin           22 Landed 5-Mar  Native US
14  17   Chang Hing          23 Landed 5-Mar  Native US
15  18   Yeung Ying          20 Landed 5-Mar  Native US
16  19   Hin   Ben     Leen  24 Landed 5-Mar  Native US
17  20   Ng    Sin           25 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
18  21   Kwan  Chi           33 Landed 26-Feb Sec 6 Certificate
                                                                
              Chinese in transit for Guaymas                                                            
                                                                
19* 2    Kwan  Yuen          42 Landed "I.T." Transit List 9080  Native US
20* 3    Tsang Yu            33 Landed "I.T." Transit List 9072  Native US

              Chinese from Yokohama for San Francisco

21  1683 Sue   Sing          30 Landed 26-Feb Affidavit Merchant
                                                                
              Chinese in European Steerage from Hong Kong to San Francisco                                                                              
                                                                
22* 630  Mrs. Sue Choy Pung  27 Landed 11-Mar Native Us
23* 631  Mrs. Lee Mee  Young 24 Landed 11-Mar Native Us
24* 632  Mrs. Loo Gum  Lin   20 Landed 11-Mar Native Us
                                                                
              Chinese in European Steerage from Honolulu for Panama                                                             
                                                                
25  139  Ah   Choy           34 Dep per Str Newport, Feb 28, 1898

Recapitulation    Males   Females  Totals
 San Francisco     19       3        22
 Guaymas            2                 2
 Panama             1                 1
        Total      22       3        25         


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber, 
  or is used to call attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

Question marks replace illegible information or letters.

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.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1898 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case O'Leary). 
 
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.  The National Archives 
  should have a file for these passengers describing what happened to them.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

Occupation is Grocer for San Francisco passengers and Merchant for others except as noted below.

Last Residence is China for all passengers except 25, is from Honolulu..

The following columns had no entries:
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

An Affidavit Merchant is a document created by the passenger before departing the US.  It
 is an affidavit signed by a number of white men in the town where the passenger resided in the Us
 to prove that he is/was a merchant.  A Sec 6 Certificate is a document to prove that the
 passenger is/was a merchant but created by the Chinese government in China.

Numerical notations for passengers most likely are entries relating to later travel. 
 They can be interpreted by contacting Bill Green, the Chinese specialist at NARA
 in San Bruno, California.

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  There is a notation: 6/5/39    126/8
19  Landed by Collector April 1 There is an illegible entry, perhaps "By Str"
20  Landed by Collector March 23
22-24  Occupation is "wife."
23  There is a notation 22388 7?17

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