Immigrant Ships
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SS San Blas

I, W.H. McLean, Master of the S.S. 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 1 day of Oct 1896, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the S.S. 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*.

 1  Y.     Castro 40   Merchant Ecuador 5'7" Dark   Black Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96        
 2  Susan  Castro 27   None     Ecuador 5'6" Dark   Black Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96        
 3  Delafu Castro 7    None     Ecuador 3'8" Dark   Black Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96        
 4  Wasor  Castro 1y6m None     Ecuador 2'4" Dark   Black Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96        
 5  Laille Castro 5y4m None     Ecuador 3'6" Dark   Black Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96        
 6  Juan Lo  Wing 60   Merchant Ecuador 5'8" Sallow Brown Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96        
 7* Chow   Sing   52   Merchant Ecuador 5'8" Sallow Brown Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96        
 8  Ah     Heu    40   Merchant Ecuador 5'7" Sallow Brown Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96        
 9  Ah     Hing   50   Merchant Ecuador 5'?  Sallow Brown "I.T. Transit List 5865 Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96
10  Ho     Yun    45   Merchant Ecuador 5'5" Sallow Brown Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'96        
11  Sow    Yep    38   Merchant Ecuador 5'6" Sallow Black "I.T. Transit List 5864 Dep per Str China, Hong Kong, Oct 8-'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.

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)

The following columns had no entries:
 No of Certificate
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification has an entry for only 
 passenger #7.

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.


7  "cut in left eye" is entered in the Physical Marks column.

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