Immigrant Ships
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SS San Blas

I, W.H. McLean, Master of the Steamship 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 & 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) W.H. McLean
Sworn to this 28* day of May 1896, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the San Blas whereof W.H. McLean is Master, from Panama, burthen 1496.5 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*.

              In Transit for Hong Kong

 1  Ah        Fat      33y2m Panama   5'5"  Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
 2  Ming      Chong    55y1m Panama   5'7"  Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
 3  Chun      Man      28y1m Panama   5'6"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
 4  Ah        Ban      58y8m Panama   6'    Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
 5* Mrs Chung Long Loy 51y1m Panama   5'4"  Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
 6  Alberto   Toy       6y1m Panama   3'2"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
 7  Juan      Toy       3y   Panama   2'4"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
 8  Chang     Hung     46y4m Panama   5'5"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
 9  Ah        Tah       5y1m Panama   2'10" Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
10  Lung      Tah      50y   Panama   5'5"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
11  San       Hung     36y   Panama   5'11" Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
12  Chang     Lug      24y2m Panama   5'5"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
13  Ah        Lick     38y2m Panama   5'1"  Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
14  Ahu       Yock     40y   Panama   5'2"  Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
15  Awng      Young    40y1m Panama   5'1"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
16  Cheng     Ling     28y2m Panama   5'4"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
17  Cham      Bon      40y   Panama   5'8"  Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
18  Chan      Chen     40y   Panama   5'10" Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
19  Santiago  Sosa     41y   Panama   5'10" Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
20  Mrs Juana Sosa     26y   Panama   5'3"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
21  Nacho     Sosa      3y3m Panama   2'1"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
22  Margaret  Sosa      5y1m Panama   2'3"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
23  Joaquin   Sosa      1y   Panama   1'2"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
24  Lee       Quay     47y1m Panama   5'    Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
25  Wang      Young    48y3m Panama   5'6"  Dark Brown Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
26* Yui       Yot      39y   Mazatlan 5'4"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
27* Var       Guay     41y   Mazatlan 5'10" Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
28* Lat       Mon      28y   Mazatlan 5'7"  Dark Black Dep per SS Belgic, Hong Kong, May 28-'96
              

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 May 28 but 27th is written in above it.  The cover sheet
 is also dated May 27.

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). 
 
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)

Occupation is Grocer for all passengers (including children) except as listed below.

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

 5    Her third name is fairly clear as Loy but it is possible that it is Toy, like her
       apparent sons.  The difference between L and T is just the crossbar at the top, which
       could be faded and not appear on the film.
26-28 Occupation is Shoemaker.

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