I, Geo Mackinnon, Master of the Steamship Colon 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) Geo Mackinnon
Sworn to this _ day of _ 189_, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Colon whereof Geo Mackinnon is Master, from Panama, burthen 1848.5 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*.

              In Transit for Hong Kong

 1  Chun  Jay   43 Merchant Peru      5'5"  Dark Dark Mole left ?        Dep per Peking March 2, 1898
 2  Cow   Chan  53 Merchant Panama    5'5"  Dark Dark Mole left eye      Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
 3  Lay   Yin   45 Merchant Panama    5'3"  Dark Dark Scar left ear      Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
 4* ?ang  Jay   45 Merchant Panama    5'5"  Dark Dark Scar right hand    Dep per str Peru Jan 26, 1898
 5  Jesus Chica 30 Merchant Panama    5'4"  Dark Dark Scar under chin    Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
 6  Kam   Chen  50 Merchant Panama    5'4"  Dark Dark grey hair          Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
 7  Ah    Ling  50 Merchant Panama    4'11" Dark Dark Scar right ear     Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
 8  Wong  Chia  48 Merchant Panama    5'5"  Dark Dark Mole left cheek    Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
 9  Wong  Ching 58 Merchant Panama    5'10" Dark Dark Mole right ear     Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
10  Lew   Ching 36 Merchant Panama    5'8"  Dark Dark Scar left ear      Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
11  Ah    Joe   35 Merchant Panama    5'4"  Dark Dark Mole right cheek   Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
12  Ah    Lick  34 Merchant Panama    5'4"  Dark Dark Mole cheek bones   Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
13  Cuan  Soch  53 Merchant Panama    5'3½" Dark Dark Mole left temple   Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
14  Tomas Yan   37 Merchant Panama    5'3"  Dark Dark Mole right temple  Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
15  Pons  Qua   35 Merchant Guatemala 5'3"  Dark Dark Scar left hand     Dep per str Peru Jan 22, 1898
              

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.

? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition
  of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

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

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.


4 Since the Peru sailed to the far east it is not possible that she departed from San
   Francisco on both Jan 22 and Jan 26.  However, the note for this passenger clearly
   says Jan 26.

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