Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Walla Walla

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 15th day of Nov 1893, before me, Chas Miller, 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

CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY

Collector's Office_________ Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS________ from U.S. ports of this District________, from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total_________

Sailed from Victoria, B.C. _________. 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)________________, Deputy Collector of Customs

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 18 day of Nov 1893 (signature) NS Farley, 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 Ah Jim, 29 yr, Laundryman, Port Townsend, 5'4½" Yellow, Dark, Mole on right cheek


Transcriber's Notes:

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 two paragraphs are two separate stamps placed on an extra piece of paper attached to
 the page.  This extra piece is folded back in the film and therefore illegible.  The next
 paragraph is a stamp 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 cover sheet for this list has two stamps.
 I certify that I have landed the within named chinese(sic) persons (signature) WW Presbury
  Nov 18, 1893 
Inspector Presbury on identification by _____ (uncompleted blank) land the within named
  chinese(sic) persons in accordance with foregoing order (signature) JJ Tobin

The cover sheet also records two different dates, Nov 17 & Nov 19, 1893.

The following columns had no entries and so were not included:
 No of Certificate
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts