Immigrant Ships
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SS Umatilla

I, A.E. Cousins, Master of the Steamship Umatilla 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 Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, 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) A.E. Cousins
Sworn to this ? day of ? 1898, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Umatilla whereof A.E. Cousins is Master, from Victoria, burthen 2168 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  Chin Low    31 Bookkeeper Victoria 5'4½" Dark Brown 2 small scars back of head	
                                                       2 small scars on  back of neck
         Landed 04-Mar by Inspec Urquart Sec 6 Certificate										
2* Lum  Doo??? 27 Salesman   Victoria 5'4½" Dark Brown Large scar on left side of forehead
                                                       and a scar on right wrist
         Landed 04-Mar by Inspec Urquart  Sec 6 Certificate				


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


A Sec 6 Certificate is a document created by the Chinese government in China.to prove that
 the  passenger is/was a merchant 

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.


2 The question marks after the second name represent 3 probable letters. The name is obscured
   on the film.  It is possible that these letters are a third name.

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