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SS City of Rio de Janeiro
I, J.T. Smith, Master of the City of Rio de Janeiro 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) JT Smith
Sworn to this 9 day of Oct 1893, before me, JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Rio de Janeiro whereof J.T. Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275.13 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, No of Ticket*, Name, Age, Occupation*, Last Place of Residence*, Height*, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts.
For San Francisco
1 Oct/29/92 1 Low Lung 37 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
2 Sept/6/92 2 Low King My 43 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
3 Aug/27/92 3 Fong Sue 48 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
4 Aug/25/92 4 Wong Tay 30 Landed 10-Oct Affdt Merchant
5 Aug/30/92 5 Wong Sue 33 Landed 10-Oct Affdt Merchant
6 Nov/28/92 6 Chang Wun 28 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
7 July/25/92 10 Ho Tai 32 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10816
8 Dec/8/92 11 You Poi 35 Landed 10-Oct Affdt Merchant
9 June/21/92 12 Yan Gut Chup 40 Landed 16-Oct Affdt Merchant
10 Jan/9/93 13 Yan Qwong 36 Landed 10-Oct Affdt Merchant
11 Oct/1/92 14 Tam Kee 40 Landed 16-Oct Affdt Merchant
12 July/23/92 15 Low Ging Chee 42 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
13 Sep/13/92 16 Kwan Lock 31 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
14 Nov/26/92 17 Qwan Yow 34 Landed 19-Oct Affdt Merchant
15 July/12/92 18 Qwan Han 38 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
16 May/27/93 19 Qwan Hing 28 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 40818
17 Nov/10/92 20 Qwan Tim 45 Landed 17-Oct Affdt Merchant
18 July/14/92 21 Lip Hop Sing 41 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
19 Sep/24/92 22 Tong Wing 30 Landed 17-Oct Affdt Merchant
20 Nov/2/92 23 Gee Tong Tip 34 Landed 14-Oct Affdt Merchant
21 Nov/4/92 24 Gee Kee 28 Landed 10-Oct Affdt Merchant
22 Nov/28/92 25 Yan Fat 35 Landed 12-Oct Affdt Merchant
23 Dec/28/92 27 Cha Lee 46 Landed 10-Oct Affdt Merchant
24 Sep/9/92 28 Mah Hop Lee 46 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
25 Nov/7/92 29 Mah Yue Yuet 21 Landed 12-Oct Affdt Merchant
26 Nov/19/91 34 Kwong Chung 32 Landed 16-Oct Affdt Merchant
27 Sep/12/91 35 Kwong See 30 Landed 10-Oct Affdt Merchant
28 June/16/92 36 Kwong Hoy 31 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
29 May/26/89 37 Chung Jung 36 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
30 Dec/5/91 38 Yee Gun Jeong 41 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
31 Nov/19/92 39 Yee Soo Loy 31 Landed 10-Oct Affdt Merchant
32 Apl/25/91 40 Lam Ying 31 Landed 14-Oct Affdt Merchant
33 Dec/8/92 42 Lee Qwong 29 Landed 14-Oct Affdt Merchant
34 Dec/12/92 45 Woo Liu Chun 23 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
35 Oct/3/89 46 Lee Ling 48 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
36* Oct/31/89 47 Low Chai Hee 36 Landed 11-Oct Affdt Merchant
37 Oct/3/92 49 Lee Hang 36 Landed 16-Oct Affdt Merchant
38 Aug/31/92 52 Chang Lung Suey 37 Landed 16-Oct Affdt Merchant
39 Dec/4/91 53 Chang Ying Cheong 34 Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10817
40 Jun/9/93 54 Chong Chung 29 Landed 12-Oct Affdt Merchant
41* Mch/18/89 444 Lee Shee Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Cas ?
For Panama
42 8 Kwan Sang 42 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama
43 32 Yow Hop 45 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama
44 43 Ho Gho 21 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama
45 50 Wong Yo Hong 24 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama
46 51 Wong Po Wing 20 Departed per Steamer Colima Panama
For Havana
47 7 Leong Ning 43 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3095
48 21 Leong Lum 31 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3096
49 26 Yow Chong 45 Departed per Steamer Colima Oct 13, 1893
50 30 Mah Chow 22 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3097
51 31 Mah Kan 23 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3098
52 36 Leong Hang 26 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3099
For For Trinidad
53 44 Chong Fat 26 Departed per Steamer Colima Oct 13, 1893
For Demerara*
54* 41 Lee Yoe 21 Departed per Steamer Colima Oct 13, 1893
For La Libertad*
55 48 Kwan Lum 26 Landed "I.T." Transit List 3101
Recapitulation
Male Female
For San Francisco 39 2
Panama 5
Havana 6
Trinidad 1
Demerara 1
La Libertad 1
Total 53 2 55 Total
Transcriber's Notes:
The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.
However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. 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 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) 1893 by Insp's (blank
for a name, in this case Grant). Many of these passengers have a place name written over
the stamp. Where a blank is transcribed in this column no place has been written in. Where
there is a question mark the entry is illegible.
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
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.
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)
No of Ticket column was added by the completer.
Occupation for all but passenger 36 is listed as Grocer. Passenger 36 occupation is "with
her husband #46." Occupation is universally recorded as Merchant or Grocer because
following the Chinese Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882 admission was denied to all Chinese
except laborers already in the US and "students, teachers, merchants or those proceeding
to the United States from curiosity."
Last Place of Residence is listed as China for all passengers.
The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
Height
Complexion
Color of Eyes
Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
Demerara is a region of Guyana. There are La Libertads in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
and Nicaragua, but only that in El Salvador is a port city.
36 is "with her husband #46."
41 says "Female."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2, Manifest 9408.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 September 2002
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