Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Australia

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

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 the United States.

S.S. Australia, sailing from Honolulu Dec 8th, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Dec 15, 1894.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

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1* Samuel  Bond     35y   M S Carpenter    no  Canadian Brit Columbia US       yes No
2* Chas    Koelling 48y   M M Sugar boiler yes German   Honolulu      Berkeley yes Family
3* Manjiro Kashina  19y2m M S Student      yes Japanese Honolulu      S.F.     No  No
4* ?       ?        ?6    M S Anything     yes British  Honolulu      S.F.     yes No
    
Transcriber's Notes:
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not
included in the table:
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes 
 By whom was passage paid?=self 
 Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?=more 
 Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity=no
 Whether a Polygamist=no
 Whether under contract to labor in the US=no
 Condition of Health Mental and Physical=good
 Whether having any deformities=no 
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

Passenger Notes:
1 has been to Washington State.
2 Last Residence is "Honolulu at Kahuko store."
3 Last Residence is "2 wk in Honolulu."
4 There is some information entered for a fourth passenger, but the name and 
  age are so faint there is nothing on the film.  Occupation is "Anything."

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 29.