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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 P Wallace
Sworn to this 14th day of Jan 1894, 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 Jan 14 1894 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS Walla Walla from U.S. ports of this District Four (4), from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total_________

Sailed from Victoria, B.C. Jan 14 1894. 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) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 17 day of Jan 1894 (signature) JJ Tobin, 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  Wong You  32  Laundryman  Spokane      5'4"   Two small moles on left cheek bone
2  Ah   Lee  25  Laborer     Pt Townsend  5'3"   Scar over right ear
3  Ah   Ham  30  Gardener    Pt Townsend  5'5"   Mole under right jaw
4  Ah   Poy  29  Laborer     Pt Townsend  5'5½"  Small mole right center of forehead


Transcriber's Notes:

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

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 three paragraphs are two separate stamps 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 notes.  
 I certify that I have landed the within named Chinese persons (signature) WW Presbury
  Jan 17. 1894
 Surveyor Land the within named Chinese persons on identification (signature) JJ Tobin 

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 No of Certificate=no entries 
 Complexion=Yellow
 Color of Eyes=Dark 
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries

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