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 10th* day of Dec 1897, 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 Dec 10 ,1898 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with One (1) Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 13 day of Dec 1897 (signature) , 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  3264      Leong Chung    50y     Cook     San Francisco     Dark    Brown   Brown   none


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.

The first paragraph above is printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 paragraph and its heading is a stamp placed on the page and then completed.  The following
 paragraph is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The date in the sworn statement, usually the arrival date, is the same date as that described
 as the departure date in the stamp from the Collector of Customs in the departure port.  The
 arrival date is most probably that which appears in the Collector stamp, a place that
 usually has the arrival date.  It is also three days after departure, the usual time for
 this particular voyage.

There are two hand-written notes on the page:
 I hereby certify theat the within described chinese has not been landed since taken on board
 at Port Townsend. (signature) TW Wallace

The above Chinese landed this day by me  (signature and date cut off the film)

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.

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