I, W.J. Russell, Master of the SS San Blas 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) W.J. Russell
Sworn to this 30 day of Nov 1897, before me, (signature) , Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS San Blas whereof W.J. Russell is Master, from Panama & Way Ports, burthen 1496.50 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  Hoy    Chew  Tong  22 Merchant Panama           5'7"  Dep per str Gaelic             
 2* Lone   Leone Bome  31 Merchant Panama           5'8"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 9005                
 3  Leon   Luck        42 Merchant Panama           5'7"  Dep per str Gaelic             
 4* Wong   Chung       50 Merchant Panama           5'5"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 900?                
 5* Sing   Kim         50 Merchant Callao           5'6"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 9002                
 6* Sing   Kim   Son   21 Merchant Callao           5'5"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 9003                
 7  Chen   Som   Ban   32 Merchant Panama           5'8"  Dep per str Gaelic             
 8* Julian Jin Sin Jay 30 Merchant Acajutla         5'10" Landed "I.T." Transit List 9004                
 9* Carlos Low         28 Merchant San Jose de Guat 5'7"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 9008                
10* Quant  Fan         42 Merchant San Jose de Guat 5'5"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 9007                
11  Chung  Fook        30 Laborer  Champerico       5'6"  Dep per str Gaelic             
12  Ah     Quan        27 Laborer  Champerico       5'5"  Dep per str Gaelic             

              For San Francisco

13* Quan   Bow         45 Merchant Guatemala        5'8"  Landed Dec-02  Affidavit Merchant
14* Chung  Yick        35 Merchant Guatemala        5'7"  Landed Dec-02  Affidavit Merchant


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 column had no entries:
 No of Certificate

Complexion and Color of Eyes are Dark for all passengers.  Physical Marks or Peculiarities
 and Facts of Identification as well as If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state
 facts have No entered for all passengers.

Numerical notations for passengers most likely are entries relating to later travel. 
 They can be interpreted by contacting Bill Green, the Chinese specialist at NARA
 in San Bruno, California.

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.


2,4,5-6,8-10 departed on the Gaelic Dec 7.
1,3,7,11,12 departed on the Gaelic ?.
13 "Landed SF July 19'96" is written on the line.
14 "Landed SF Sep 18'95" and 15773/2-3 are written on the line.

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