I, J.C. Hunter, Master of the Steamship _____* 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 Victoria, B.C. from which port said vessel has now arrived, 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.C. Hunter
Sworn to this 25 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 Steamship _______ whereof J.C. Hunter is Master, from _______* burthen _____ tons
Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 25 day of May 1896 (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
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, 39815, Lee Tung, 36y, Cook, San Francisco, 5'9", Light, Dark Brown, Scar on upper eyelid
near corner,light scar under chin, very light scar on edge of nose
Landed Collector's Order May 25, 1896 by Inspec Lynch, Seaman on Amer Vessel
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 form for this arrival is incompletely filled out. The name of the ship does not
appear on this page. However, the Captain's name is that of the same Captain of the
Umatilla that arrived from Port Townsend on the same date and the name of the ship, departure
port and date of arrival appear on the cover sheet.
The first paragraph above is the printed form used for all arriving ships with Chinese passengers.
The second paragraph is a stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.
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.
There is a hand-written note filmed with the manifest:
I hereby certify that I know that Lai Tung covered by registration
certificate no 39815 left this Port as Cook on board the ship
SS (Juaquin?) June ?, 1895. Lai Tung is now held of Str Umatilla.
(signature) C.P. Morse
There is a hand-written note on the cover sheet (SS Umatilla, Victoria, B.C., May 25, 1896):
The within named Chinese person Lae Tung ???? Registration Certificate No 39815
issued by the Collector of Customs (Resume?) at San Francisco (2 lines of illegible
words) The Passenger Lie Tung having come from Victoria, B.C. I find he is to
remain in the US (signature cut off the film)
The following column had no entry:
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.
Port Townsend
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 2, Vol. 36 & 37, Manifest 9521-2.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 June 2007
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