Immigrant Ships
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SS Umatilla

I, J C Hunter, Master of the Steamship Umatilla 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) J C Hunter

Sworn to this 29th day of March 1895, before me, (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Umatilla whereof J C Hunter is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
Port of Port Townsend, Wash
Mar 29 1895

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Sir:--I certify that the S.S. Umatilla sailed this Mar 29 1895 for San Francisco with Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, via Victoria as follows:--Two
Chinese destined for San Francisco Two
(signature) Chas Miller Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 2 day of April 1895 (signature) Chas Miller, 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 officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1 55652	Lee Sing Ching 40 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'2¼" Light  mole between the eyebrows
2 70625	Lee Pack Sin   32 Cook 	  Pt Townsend 5'6¼" Medium small scar on forehead over left eye

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 first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.
The next paragraph and its heading is a piece of paper attached to the page.
The following paragraph is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and
then completed.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not
included in the table:
 Color of Eyes=Brown 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries

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.

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