Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Peking

I, J.T. Smith, Master of the Am Stmr City of Peking 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 13th day of Dec 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Am Stmr City of Peking whereof
J.T. Smith is Master, from Hong Kong & Way Ports, burthen 3128.99 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.

              For San Francisco        

 1  1  Yee    Lee          34 Tehachapi     Landed 18-Dec Affadavit Merchant
 2  2  Chin   Qan          20 Folsom        Landed 18-Dec Native of US
 3* 3  Leong  Kay          36 Dally Calif   Landed 21-Dec Affadavit Merchant
 4* 4  Lie    Doo          27 San Francisco Landed 21-Dec Priest
 5  21 Chun   Ling         36               Landed 17-Dec Affadavit Merchant
 6  22 Yee    Chong        30 Prescott      Landed 24-Dec Affadavit Merchant
 7  24 Lai    Kwong        36 San Francisco Landed 21-Dec Affadavit Merchant
 8  36 Wong   Chong        30 San Francisco Landed 17-Dec Affadavit Merchant
 9  38 Jeong  Ping         56               Refused Departed per City of Peking, Hong Kong, Dec 21, 1895 

              For Havana by Rail

10* 6  Wong   Kow    Kong  30 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4982      
11* 7  Wong   Chong  Yow   23 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4983      
12* 8  Kung   Ning   Yick  26 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4984      
13* 9  Chan   Man    Hong  25 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4985      
14* 10 Cheong Yip          44 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4986
15* 11 Loui   Quan         41 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4987
16* 12 Cheong Kam          37 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4988
17* 13 Jung   Soy          22 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4989
18* 14 Jung   On           21 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4990
19* 15 Jung   Shew         25 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4991
20* 16 Jung   Lui          23 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4992
21* 17 Loui   Kin          24 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4993
22* 18 Lee    You          31 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4994
23* 19 Lee    Moi          34 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4995

              For Havana by Steamer

24  32 Yip    Fat    Chung 23 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895      
25  33 Yip    Koon   Yong  50 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895      
26  34 Tong   Tai          30 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895      
27  35 Yip    Cheong Soon  21 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895      

              For City of Mexico

28* 37 Yan    Leong  Tu    33 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4996

              For Salina Cruz

29  5  Cho    Yick         46 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895      
30* 23 Tam    Fook   Waw   27 China         Landed "I.T." Transit List 4997

              For Panama

31  20 Tang   Pack   Kang  40 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895      
32  25 Chow   Choy   Seong 38 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895      
33  26 Chow   Chong  Tuck  21 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895      
34  27 Chow   Yang         21 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895
35  28 Yue    Sun          46 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895
36  29 Yue    Wan    Chung 33 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895
37  30 Yue    Kit          20 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895
38  31 Chow   Fow          21 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895
39  39 Wai    Jung   Po    32 China         Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895

Recapitulation  Males
 San Francisco    9
 Havana (Rail)   14
 Havana (Str)     4
 City of Mexico   1
 Salina Cruz      2
 Panama           9
Total            39


Transcriber's Notes:

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

Question marks replace illegible information or letters.

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.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger. 
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 O'Leary). 
 
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.  The National Archives 
  should have a file for these passengers describing what happened to them.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
  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 Merchant for all San Francisco passengers except as noted below
 and Grocer for all others.

Salina Cruz is on the Pacific coast of Mexico.  
 
According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they have
 some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.
 
3  This could be Daly City, a suburb of San Francisco.
4  Occupation is Priest.
10-23, 28 Departed per SP Railroad December 16, 1895.
30 Departed per SS Zealandia, Panama, Dec 21, 1895.