I, J.H. Brown, Master of the Steamship City of Para 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) J.H. Brown
Sworn to this 8 day of Dec 1897, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Para whereof ________ is Master, from Panama and Way Ports, burthen 2504.58 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* Sui  Li  Chong 58 Merchant Mollendo     Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897          
 2* Jeek Lam       48 Merchant Callao       Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897          
 3* Lui  San Goy   32 Merchant Mollendo     Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897          
 4* Mo   Tan       35 Merchant Mollendo     Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897          
 5* Sua  Yao       35 Merchant Callao       Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897          
 6* Lock Ping      35 Merchant Callao       Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897          
 7* Com  Yuen      52 Merchant Callao       Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897          
 8* Theo ?   Kwan  50 Merchant Callao       Landed "I.T." Transit List Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897
 9* Leon Cay       49 Merchant Callao       Landed "I.T." Transit List Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897
10* Juan ?   Chan  35 Merchant Punta Arenas Landed "I.T." Transit List Dep per City of Peking Dec 18, 1897

             
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) 1897 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
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
 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.

1-10 are described as "in transit to Hong Kong."
8    Second name could be Ra or Ba.

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