I, John H Rinder, Master of the Br Str Belgic 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 Hong Kong 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) John H Rinder
Sworn to this 3 day of Jan* 1898, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Belgic whereof John H Rinder is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2695 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.

              European Steerage for San Francisco

 1* 131  Mrs   Lum   Yuk   29 Hong Kong        Landed 5-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
 2* 132  Chan  Chin        12 Hong Kong        Landed 5-Jan  Sec 6 Cert

              Native Steerage for San Francisco

 3  1   Low    Fat   Chai  20                  Landed 20-Jan Native US
 4  2   Chun   Su    Ying  25                  Landed 20-Jan Native US
 5  3   Leong  Chow        41 San Francisco    Landed 6-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
 6  4   Ng     Hen   Buy   38 Los Angeles      Landed 6-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
 7  5   Chin   Len         30 San Jose         Landed 6-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
 8  6   Pan    Yik         25 San Francisco    Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
 9  7   Tay    Gwong       23 San Francisco    Landed 5-Jan  Native US
10  8   Kwan   Loi         37                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
11  9   Yi     Yeung Chung 48                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
12  11  Yong   Qwong       39 Marysville       Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
13* 12  Moy    Coy         30 Chicago          Landed 6-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
14  13  Tom    Seong Tuk   22                  Landed 20-Jan Native US
15  14  Ow     Chin  Tung  20                  Landed 20-Jan Native US
16  15  Ow     Chin  Quong 18                  Landed 20-Jan Native US
17  16  Yip    Sang        30 San Francisco    Landed 6-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
18  17  Ow     Man   Toi   45 Pleasanton, Cal  Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
19* 18  Loui   Dip         21 San Francisco    Landed 18-Jan Native US
20  19  Quan   Hin   Shun  40 San Francisco    Landed 6-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
21  20  Tung   John        23 San Francisco    Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
22  21  Ng     Sang  Fat   25                  Landed 20-Jan Native US
23  22  Luk    John        38 San Francisco    Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
24  24  Leung  Ling  Ng    30                  Landed 14-Jan Sec 6 Cert
25* 25  U      Kwai  Pan   34                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
26* 27  Yu     Lum         12                  Landed 8-Jan      
27  28  Gane   Sing  Wing  42 Grass Valley     Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
28  29  Han    Sing  Koy   30 San Francisco    Landed 6-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
29  30  Kam    Hang  Tock  24 San Francisco    Landed 2-Jan  Native US
30  33  You    Tin   Pay   49 Marysville       Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
31  34  Yu     Jin   Yick  20 San Francisco    Landed 5-Jan  Native US
32  35  Chin   Chuen       26 San Francisco    Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
33  36  Tom    Bak   Suey  24 San Francisco    Landed 5-Jan  Native US
34  37  Luk    Ti    Bo    42 Mendocino        Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
35* 38  Lim    Lung        21 San Francisco    Landed 20-Jan Native US
36  39  Wong   Yan         38                  Landed 10-Jan Sec 6 Cert
37  40  Chan   Ku          36                  Landed 10-Jan Sec 6 Cert
38* 41  Ching  Min         20                  Landed 15-Jan Sec 6 Cert
39* 42  Hue    Kwong       12                  Landed 13-Jan Sec 6 Cert
40* 43  Ma     Tsun        14                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
41* 44  Wong   Ty    You   37 San Francisco    Landed 5-Jan  Return Laborer
42* 45  Wong   On    Fook  16 Oroville Cal     Landed 5-Jan  Native US
43  46  Wong   Mow         31                  Landed 5-Jan  Return Laborer
44  52  Chong  Lung  Sing  56 Idaho City S Dak Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
45* 53  Chong  Li    Te?   32                  Landed 5-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
46* 54  Chang  Min         11                  Landed 5-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
47  55  Wu     Lin   Hing  21                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
48  56  Li     Ye          38                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
49  57  Wong   Hing        27                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
50  58  Cheong Him         20                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
51  59  Leung  Lam         33                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
52  60  Young  Yung        25                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
53  61  Joe    Too         31 San Francisco    Landed 6-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
54  62  Ho     Took  Tin   20                  Landed 20-Jan Native US
55  63  Lam    Tuck  Ming  25                  Landed 19-Jan Native US
56  64  Lam    Luk         20                  Landed 19-Jan Native US
57* 65  Wong   Hip         25                  Landed 5-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
58  67  Yu     King        27                  Landed 5-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
59  68  Lum    Ming        38 Grass Valley     Landed 5-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
60  69  Ching  Sing  Kin   35                  Landed 5-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
61* 70  Kwan   Poon        20                  Landed 5-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
62* 71  Chan   Lai   Chin  16                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
63  72  Tea    Kue         25                  Landed 8-Jan  Sec 6 Cert
                                                                        
              for City of Mexico by Rail                                                                        
                                                                        
64  10  Yue    Wong        26                  Landed "I.T." Transit List 9658 Dep via SPRR January 22, 1898
                                                                        
              for Guaymas by Steamer

65  23  Cheong Kam         38                  Landed "I.T." Transit List 9660 Dep per City of Sydney January 18, 1898
                                                                        
              for Panama by Steamer                                                                     
                                                                
66  31  Loo    Tun         42            Dep per Str Acapulco January 8th 1898           
67  32  Loo    Quan  Say   23            Dep per Str Acapulco January 8th 1898           
68  47  Won    Lun         32            Dep per Str Acapulco January 8th 1898           
69  48  Yu     Lam         30            Dep per Str Acapulco January 8th 1898           
70  49  Mo     Choi        30            Dep per Str Acapulco January 8th 1898           
71  50  Wong   Koh         29            Dep per Str Acapulco January 8th 1898           
72  51  Chung  Ching       35            Dep per Str Acapulco January 8th 1898           

              for Chicago by Rail

73  66  Woo    Chin        24 Madison Wis      Landed 3-Jan  Affidavit Merchant

Recapitulation     Men   Boys   Women  Girls    Total

The remainder of the recapitulation is illegible.


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber, 
  or is used to call attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

? Question marks replace illegible information or letters.

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.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1898 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case O'Leary). 
 
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.  The National Archives 
  should have a file for these passengers describing what happened to them.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries:
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

Occupation is Grocer except as noted below.  Last Residence has no entries for some passengers.
 It is common for there to be a mark or do entered in this spot to indicate that the entry is
 the same as for the line above.  Where there are no entries no mark is visible on the film.
 There could have been a mark on the original that was missed or faded.

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.

An Affidavit Merchant is a document created by the passenger before departing the US.  It
 is an affidavit signed by a number of white men in the town where the passenger resided in the
 US to prove that he is/was a merchant.  A Sec 6 Certificate is a document to prove that the
 passenger is/was a merchant but created by the Chinese government in China.

There are a number of passengers listed as Return Laborer.  When the  Chinese Exclusion
 Act was passed in 1882  a number of Chinese who had spent time in the US but had returned
 to China at the time of the Act were excluded from returning to the US until 1894 when
 the act was amended.  

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.

 1  See 17017/27310 is written on the line.  Occupation is "to join her
    husband Chan Choy 704 Dupont St." 
 2  Occupation is "to join father above."
13  Goy is written in parentheses after the second name.
19  14144/15-13 is written on the line.
25  First name is u.  It is difficult to determine if it is is upper or lowercase.
    There is an umlaut over the u.
26  Occupation is "with uncle # 9."
35  After the name transcribed here Gung is written in parentheses.
38  (woman) is written after the name.  Occupation is "to join husband-----
39  (boy) isa written after the name.  Occupation is "to join father-----
40  Occupation is "with cousin # 39."
41  Occupation is "to join husband."
42  Occupation is "with aunt # 44."
45  Occupation is "to join husband----."             
46  Occupation is "with mother #50."
57  After the name transcribed here Kok is written in parentheses.
61  After the name transcribed here Soon is written in parentheses.
62  Occupation is "with cousin #61."

 

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