Immigrant Ships
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SS Walla Walla

I, D Wallace, Master of the 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 March 1894, before me, EB Barnkrok, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Walla Walla whereof D Wallace is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen _____ tons

*CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY

Collector's Office March 14, 1894 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS________ from U.S. ports of this District________, from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total_________

Sailed from Victoria, B.C. _________. 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)________________, Deputy Collector of Customs

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 19 day of March 1894 (signature) NS Farley, 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* Ah	 ??ing   26   Cook     Seattle          Drooping eyelids
2  Woong Lung    27   Ironer   Port Townsend    ? under nose & 2 moles under chin
3  Mow	 Lee     44   Ironer   Port Townsend    ? on left neck


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.
? A question mark replaces a missing or illegible letter or word.

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.  
 In this instance only the title and the date of the first stamp were filmed.  The rest is 
 cut off.

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

There is no manifest number on this list but it is probably 9422-3.  It is on the same
 page as 9423 and other lists are numbered 9422-1 and 9422-2.

1 This name could begin with an "I" or a "J," followed by a letter with a high loop,
   perhaps an "l," "b" or "h," making the name Ibing, Ihing, Iling, Jling, Jhing, or Jbing.

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