Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Rio de Janeiro

I, JT 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) J.T. Smith
Sworn to this 18 day of Dec 1893, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Rio de Janeiro whereof JT Smith is Master, from Hong Kong, burthen 2275 tons

Columns represent: Ticket No*, 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  Nov/20/92  Wang  Chan  Yuen   39 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
 2  July/22/92 Yan   Tim          46 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
 3  June/8/92  Yang  Jow          41 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
 4  Apl/27/92  Yan   Tak   Yuen   27 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
 5* May/2/93   Yan   Tuck  Jaw    16        Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
 6  Aug/21/92  Lim   Gup          31 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
 7  1378       Lo    Sick  Ching  65 Grocer Landed 27-Dec Affdt Merchant
 8             Chun  Moon  Seong  48 Grocer Landed 27-Dec Affdt Merchant
 9  July27/90  Lau   Shue  Lui    21 Grocer Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
10  Oct/12/89  Chue  Sing         32 Grocer Landed 22-Dec Affdt Merchant
11  Dec/2/89   Chin  Yap          37 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
12  Sep/22/92  Chin  Poie  Hing   45 Grocer Landed 27-Dec Affdt Merchant
13* Fem        Lai   Lin   Sing   22        Landed 18-Dec Affdt Merchant's wife
14* Fem        Leong Kwai         20        Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10865        
15* Fem        Ho    Sew   Liu    20        Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10867        
16  Dec/20/92  Ng    Yam          39 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
17  Sep/6/92   Ho    Mew          42 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
18  Apl/17/93  Fong  Shew         36 Grocer Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
19  Apl/24/93  Qwan  Chai         32 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
20  Sep/28/93  Yue   Wo    On     26 Grocer Refused Habeas Corpus USDC Case 10868        
21  Mch/18/93  Sam   Ying         29 Grocer Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
22  May/17/91  Ho    Ching Cheong 45 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
23  Oct/24/92  Chung Shoon        40 Grocer Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
24  Nov/29/92  Lee   Sing         43 Grocer Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
25  Oct/29/92  Fung  Gin          28 Grocer Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
26  Dec/3/90   Lee   Qwan         39 Grocer Landed 19-Dec Affdt Merchant
27  Nov/1/91   How   Chung        22 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant
29  Dec/22/92  Leong Jow          58 Grocer Landed 20-Dec Affdt Merchant

                For Panama                                                      

28             Yow   Lam   Chuen  33 Grocer Departed per Steamer Colima Dec 18, 1893     


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.

The departure port is listed as simply "Panama."  Research indicates that this is Panama City.

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). 
 
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 dispostions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

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
 
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."

The Ticket No was added by whoever completed the list.

5     Occupation is "with his (bro?) #4."  This is obscured by the stamp and 
       difficult to read.
13-15 Occupation is "to join her husband."