Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Colon

I, Geo. Mackinnon, Master of the SS Colon 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 Panama 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) Geo. Mackinnon
Sworn to this 15th day of Aug 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS Colon whereof Geo. Mackinnon is Master, from Panama, burthen 1843.5 tons

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 officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1* Long Ning       24 Merchant  Panama    5'4"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 4748
2* Lai  Way        35 Merchant  Panama    5'4"  moles on neck
3* Jose ??dalecia  28 Merchant  Guayaquil 5'3"  Scar over left eye
4* An   Long       45 Merchant  Panama    5'3"  Scar between eyes
5* Mong Tack       29 Merchant  Panama    5'6"  Thin burn on right hand
6* Quay He?        43 Merchant  Panama    5'5"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 4749
7* Hong Punk       38 Merchant  Panama    5'2"  2 moles on chin
8* Huan Chung      50 Merchant  Panama    5'5"  Scar on left cheek
9* Quay P??        30 Merchant  Panama    5'4"  Landed "I.T." Transit List 4750


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
 Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers are included in the identification 
 of the film and reel numbers below.

The departure port is listed as simply "Panama."  Research indicates this refers to 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) 1895 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case Grant). 
 
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Landing 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.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further destination there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number  These passengers expected to continue travel 
   by some other means to their destinations.
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns have identical entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate=none
 Complexion=illegible
 Color of Eyes=Dark
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=none

1   The Physical Marks entry is written over only mole ? left is legible.
3   Second name is Indalecia or Judalecia.
6   Second name is Hen or Heu.  The Physical Marks entry is written over, only forehead is legible.
9   Second name is Pah, Poh, Pak, or Pah.  The Physical Marks entry is written over nothing is legible.
1-9 Departed per SS Belgic Aug 24, 1895.