Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Queen

I, Thos. Wallace, Master of the Steamship Queen 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 31st day of Oct 1893, before me,Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Queen whereof Thos. Wallace is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1672 tons

CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY

Collector's Office Oct 31 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS Queen from U.S. ports of this District Three, from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total Three

Sailed from Victoria, B.C. Oct 31, 1893. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 3 day of November 1893 (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

Land within named Chinese Passengers on identification (signature) JJ Tobin, 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 oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1  Chin  Ah  32 Laundryman Seattle       5' 3½"  Scar on right side small mole on left 
2* Kwong     26 Cook       Port Townsend 5' 6"   Small scar over rt eyebrow
3  Lee   Pon 32 Laundryman Seattle       5' 4"   Mole on right cheek bone


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 first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 four paragraphs are three separate stamps placed on the body of the page and then completed.

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.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in  
the table:
 No of Certificate=no entries 
 Complexion=Yellow
 Color of Eyes=Dark 
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries

The cover sheet for this list has a stamp.  
 I certify that I have landed the within named chinese(sic) person (signature) WT Boyce
 
2  Only one name is listed.