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SS Australia

Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,under Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1893, to be delivered to the Commissioner of Immigration by the Commanding Officer of any vessel having such passengers on board upon arrival at a port in theUnited States.

SS Australia, sailing from Honolulu, March 21, 1896, arriving at Port of San Francisco, March 28th, 1896.

Columns represent: 
 1) Number of the list;
 2) Name in full;
 3) Age in years and months;
 4) Sex;
 5) Married or Single;
 6) Calling or Occupation;
 7) Able to Read, Able to Write?;
 8) Nationality;
 9) Last Residence; 
10) Passport for landing in the United States;
11) Final Destination: State, City or Town; 
12) Whether having a ticket to such final destination;
13) By whom was passage paid?;
14) Whether in possession of $30 or upward, and if less, how much?; 
15) Whether ever before in the United States, and if so, when and where?;  
16) Whether going to join a relative: and if so, what relative, their name and address; 
17) Ever in Prison or Almshouse, or Supported by Charity? If yes, state which; 
18) Whether a Polygamist?;  
19) Whether under Contract, Express or Implied to Labor in the United States?; 
20) Condition of Health, Mental and Physical; 
21) Deformed or Crippled, Nature and Cause. 

 
  1 J. A. Brown, 38y, M, Single, Merchant, Can rea/write, English race, Hon, San Francisco, 
    Cal, No, Myself, More/$20, Yes, Yes, No, No, Good, No 
  2 R. M. Anerson, 32y, M, Single, Designer, Can read/write, English race, Hon, San 
    Francisco, Sacramento, No, Myself, Yes, Yes, No, No, No, Good, No 
  3 H. R. Hart, 32y, M, Married, Printer, Can read/write, English race, Hon, San Francisco, 
    Sacramento, No, Myself, More/$100, Yes Wife and family, Yes, No, No, Good, No 
  4 Mrs. D. G. Davis, 65y, F, Married, Can read/write, English race, Hon, San Francisco, 
    Boston, No, Myself, More/$20, Yes, No, No, No, Good, No 
  5 Thomas Lindsay, 55y 11mo, M, Married, Jeweler, Can read/write, Scotch race, Hon, San 
    Francisco, Scotland, No, Myself, Yes, $40/Yes, No, No, No, Good, No 
  6 D. Naanas, 22y, M, Single, Jeweler, Can read/write, Hawaiian race, Hon, San Francisco, 
    Sacramento, No, Myself, Yes, $50/Yes, No, No, No, Good, No 
  7 Mrs. J. Junes, 20y, F, Married, Can read/write, Portuguese race, Hon, San Francisco, 
    Oakland, No, Myself, Yes/$20, No, No, No, No, Good, No 
  8 M. di Souza Peres, 35y, M, Single, Laborer, Cannot read/cannot write, Portuguese race, 
    Hon, San Francisco, S.F., Yes, Myself, More/$100, Yes, No, No, No, No, Good, No 
  9 Mrs. T. Alves, 24y, F, Married, Laborer, Can read/write,Portuguese race, Hon, San 
    Francisco, S.F., Yes, Myself, Yes/$100, Yes, No, No, No, Good, No 
 10 Maggie Alves, 4y, F, Portuese race, Hon, San Francisco, S.F., Yes, No, No, No, Good, No 
 11 John Silva, 27, M, Married, Plaster, Can read/write, Portuguese race, Maui HI, San 
    Francisco, S.F., Yes, Myself, Yes/$100, No, No, No, No, Good, No 
 12 Marie Silva, 17y, F, Married, Can read/write, Portuguese race, Maui HI, San Francisco, 
    S.F., Yes, Husband, Yes/$100, No, No, No, No, Good, No 
 13 R. Kajihara, 37y, M, Single, Photographer Cannot read/cannot write, Japan race, Hon, 
    San Francisco, S.F., Yes, Myself, $50.00, No, No/Boston, No, No, Good, No 
 14 Tom Sing, 29y, M, Married, Merchant, Cannot read/cannot write, Chinese race, Hon, 
    San Francisco, Montana., No, Myself, More, Yes, No, No, No, Good, No 

Transcriber's Notes:      
* In "Manifest", "California", is abbreviated as "Cal". 
* Passenger 1, has written in column 9 "Hon" assuming "Honolulu, Hawaii".  In column 
  14 is written "More" with "$20".  In column 11 is written "British Columbia", but 
  is crossed out and "Cal" is written in. 
* Passenger 3, column 11 has no "Final Destination" writen in. 
* Passenger 4, has no "Occupation or Calling" stated.  
* Passengers 5 and 6, have "amount of money carried", written in column 15, along 
  with "statement" of "having been in the U.S. etc". 
* Passenger 7, No "Occupation or Calling" noted.  
* Passenger 9, nothing written in columns 14, 15 and 16.  
* Passenger 10, nothing written in columns 5, 6, 7 and 13 through 16. 
* Passenger 12, no "Occuation or Calling" stated.  
* Passenger 13, in column 16, "No" is crossed out and "Boston" is written in. 
* No signature of captain on "Statement" or "Manifest".  
* No passengers died on this voyage.   

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