I, _______, Master of the Steamship _____ 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) J.C. Hunter
Sworn to this ___ day of _______ 1897, 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 J.C. Hunter is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 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*.

2  109047  Jeng On      34  Farmhand  Seattle         5'6"    Brown    Brown
3  116022  Fong Wah     45  Farmhand  Seattle         5'8½"   Brown    Brown
4  73392   Woo  Yip Wo  35  Cook      Seattle         5'2½"   Medioum  Brown
5  45019   Ma   Tom     29  Cook      Port Townsend   5'3"    Dark     Dark


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.

Many of the blanks at the top of this list were not completed. However, The the signature 
 of the Master identifies her as the Umatilla.  The Umatilla sails from Victoria, B.C. and
 Port Townsend, Washington.  The arrival date appears on the cover sheet for the arrival 
 from Victoria. This, combined with the landed date for the passengers,  means that this
 list  must be the same arrival as page one, the arrival from Victoria. 

There are two separate pages for this arrival of this ship because Chinese passengers landed from
 a foreign port and a U.S. port.  There is different paperwork for the different types of arrivals.

There are two hand written notes. 
 I hereby certify that the above described Chinese have not been landed since leaving Port Townsend
   (signature) JC Hunter, Master
 The above 4 Chinese landed this day by me.
  (signature) J.C. Eager, Chinese Inspector, Dec 18, 1897

The following columns had no entries:
 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.