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SS Walla Walla

I, Thos Wallace, Master of the Steamship Walla Walla 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) Thos Wallace
Sworn to this 1st day of June 1896, before me, (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Walla Walla whereof Thos Wallace is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, PORT TOWNSEND, WASH
Collector of Customs San Francisco
Sir:
I certify that the SS Walla Walla sailed this ____,1896 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with Two (2) Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 4 day of June 1896 (signature) (cut off film) 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* 73316 Soo Shee 42 Cook 	  San Fran Bay  5'4½" Medium Brown    Scar forehead over left eye,
								       over left temple & scar end 2nd finger
2  79061 Hom Git  40 Cigar Maker  Port Townsend 5'6"  Dark   Dk Brown Several scars forehead


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.  This ship has no number but it appears on the
 same page of the film as 9522.

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 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.

1 Last Residence is U.S. Ship Patterson, San Fran Bay.

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