Immigrant Ships
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SS San Blas

I, W.H. McLean, Master of the San Blas 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 Panama & Way Ports 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) W.H. McLean
Sworn to this 25 day of Mar 1896, before me, (signature)____ , Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the San Blas whereof W.H. McLean is Master, from Panama, burthen 1496.50 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*.

 1  Jose Ma Guarego 48y1m Merchant Guayaquil 5'   Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong, March 30, 1896
 2  Jose Caceres    50y   Merchant Guayaquil 5'4" Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong, March 30, 1896
 3  Wong Sanlein    40y1m Merchant Guayaquil 5'3" Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong, March 30, 1896
 4  Ho Fun Yen      29y2m Merchant Guayaquil 5'5" Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong, March 30, 1896
 5  Ho Wai Qui      32y2m Merchant Guayaquil 5'3" Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong, March 30, 1896
 6* Fat Chel        32y   Merchant Guayaquil 5'9" Landed "I.T." Transit List 5142
 7* Santiago Wo     35y2m Merchant Guayaquil ?    Landed "I.T." Transit List 5143
 8  Mrs Santiago Wo 18y3m  ?       Guayaquil 5'   Departed per SS Peru, Hong Kong, March 30, 1896
 9* Carlos Luis     5y0m           Guayaquil 3'4" Landed "I.T." Transit List 5144
10* Chee Wee        33y1m Mrcht    Guatemala ?    Landed "I.T." Transit List 5145


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.  Question marks
  replace missing or illegible information.

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 departure port is listed as simply "Panama."  Research indicates this refers to Panama City.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger and which is stamped over whatever 
 information has been entered in the columns. 
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). 
 
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.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further destination there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number  These passengers expected to continue travel 
   by some other means to their destinations.
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had identical entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate=none
 Complexion=Dark
 Color of Eyes=Drk
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification=none 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=none

 6-7,9-10 Departed 9er SS Peru, Hong Kong, March 30, 1896
 8        Occupation could be None.
10        This passenger has a note "scar forehead."

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