Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Sydney

I, D.E.Friele, Master of the City of Sydney 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 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) D.E.Friele
Sworn to this 25 day of Nov 1892, before me, (signature) M. Webber, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Sydney whereof D.E.Friele is Master, from Panama, burthen 1965.88 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*.

              In Transit for Hong Kong

 1         Chin  Sam   40 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
 2  Mrs.   Chin  Sam   28 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
 3  Master Chin  Sam    5 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
 4         Loo   Sen   37 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
 5         Loo   Look  39 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
 6         Loo   Jen   43 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
 7         Thomsenland 32 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
 8         Ah    Yuck  44 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
 9         Ah    Nam   40 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
10         Chon  Lee   36 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
11         Lee   Sha   45 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
12         Yan   Quai  29 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
13         Tu    Soo   38 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
14         Chan  Quai  46 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
15         Li    Bliam 49 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
16         Geo   Tong  40 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
17         Ah    Si    33 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
18         Pan   Sang  31 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
19         Yik   Sing  42 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
20         Huim  Sing  40 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
21         Sam   Ling  34 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
22         Lang  Chin  37 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
23         Geo   Tak   45 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
24         Low   Chong 46 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
25 Mrs.    Low   Chong 32 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
26       &    infant    2 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
27         Hen   Loy   42 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
28         Man   Foo   45 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong
29*        ?     Yoo   39 Traveler Panama Departed per SS City of Peking, Nov 26, 1892, Hong Kong


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 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 no entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

29  First name is Hea or Kea.

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