Immigrant Ships
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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 Wallace

Sworn to this 8th day of April 1895, before me, (signature) 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

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
Port of Port Townsend, Wash
Apr 8 1895

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Sir:--I certify that the S.S. Walla Walla sailed this Apr 8 1895 for San Francisco with Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, via Victoria as follows:--One
Chinese destined for San Francisco One (1)
(signature) Chas Miller Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 12 day of April 1895 (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 officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1, 43650, Chin Ah Joon, 26y, Laundryman, Seattle, 5'6½", Light, Dark, scar marks about 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.

There was no entry in  If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state
facts

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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