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 25th day of Nov 1897, before me, (signature) WG Barthorp, 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 Nov 25,1897 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with Three (3) Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached (signature) HG Barthorp, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 28 day of Nov 1897 (signature),TC Eagar 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* 52734 ?am  Fook 38 Laborer   Salinas     5'6¼" Dark Brown Small scar on nose
2  23458 Lan  Sang 34 Cook      Dutch Flat  5'3¼" Dark Brown None
3  56593 Chan Dong ?5 Farm Hand Bakersfield 5'6½" Dark Brown Mole on neck, left side,
                                                                      Deep scar right forehead
   

Transcriber's Notes:    

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

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

The above Chinese landed this day by me (signature) TC Eagar, Inspector

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.


1 The first letter of the first name is I or J.

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