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 14 day of April 1898, before me, (signature) Chas Miller, 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 Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 17 day of April 1898 (signature) W.J. Shipman, 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, 37706, Kow Jun, 27y, Operator, Seattle, 5'6", Yellow, Brown, Scar on right side
    of chin, scar right side of back of head


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 first paragraph above is printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 paragraph and its heading is a piece of paper attached to the page.  The following paragraph 
 is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The manifest has two hand written notes. 
San Francisco April 17, 1898
 I hereby certify that the within named Chinese has not been landed since boarding this ship.
 (signature) W.J. Shipman, for Collector
   
San Francisco April 17, 1898 
  The above described Chinese this day landed by me.
  (signature) W.J. Shipman, Chinese Inspector

The following column had no entries:
 If accredited officers 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.

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