Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS China

I, W.B. Seabury, Master of the China 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 Hong Kong and Yokohama 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.B. Seabury
Sworn to this 3 day of Feb 1892, before me, (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the China whereof W.B. Seabury is Master, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, burthen gross 4939.83, nett(sic) 2400.62 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*, Bond No, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts.

              European Steerage

 1* 322 Wang  Se           19 China         Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11552                
 2* 323 Lo    Ping Nam   18   China         Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11553                
 3* 322 Lai   How          10 China         Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11553                

              Merchant's Certificates

 4  1   Leong Chung      30   San Francisco Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11556                
 5  2   Chew  Ho         34   San Francisco Landed 6-Feb 386 Affdt Merchant
 6  9   Yuen  Gee        36   Elko          Landed 6-Feb 1   Affdt Merchant
 7  10  Yeu   Ben  Jark  25   San Francisco Landed 5-Feb 380 Affdt Merchant
 8  12  Wak   Kei        42   Idaho City    Landed 5-Feb 376 Affdt Merchant
 9  13  Ching Sing       27   San Francisco Landed 5-Feb 370 Affdt Merchant
10  15  Ng    Sa??       25                 Landed 4-Feb 369 Affdt Merchant
11  16  Yip   J?         42                 Landed 5-Feb 379 Affdt Merchant
12  17  L?e?  Leong      29   Boise City    Landed 4-Feb 367 Affdt Merchant
13* 18  Qoung Lee        30   Hailey        Landed 5-Feb 373 Affdt Merchant
14  19  Lee   Light      29   Pittsburgh    Landed 5-Feb 377 Affdt Merchant
15  28  Chun  Ching      32   San Francisco Landed 5-Feb 374 Affdt Merchant
16  29  Wong  Chick      23                 Landed 6-Feb 382 Affdt Merchant
17  30  Wong  See  Cheng 26                 Refused Departed per steamer Hong Kong Feb 17                 
18  31  Chun  Hing       31                 Landed 6-Feb 387 Affdt Merchant
19  34  Yin   San        33   Oakland       Landed 5-Feb 372 Affdt Merchant
20  35  Low   Yu         48   San Francisco Landed 6-Feb 385 Affdt Merchant
21  36  Tom   Yow        48                 Landed 5-Feb 378 Affdt Merchant
22* 37  Wong  Ah   Pow     25               Landed 6-Feb 384 wife of Merchant
23* 38  Mee   Took         33               Landed 8-Feb 389 wife of Merchant
24* 45  Chang Sing       35   ?  ?  Colo    Refused USCD Habeas Corpus Case 11552                

              No Certificates for San Francisco
                European Steerage

25* 320 Leong Wing         19 San Francisco Landed 5-Feb 376 wife of Merchant
26* 321 Leong M?n          21               Landed 5-Feb 375     
27  324 Lee   Tai  Tar     22               Landed 5-Feb ?
                                                                        
              Native Steerage for San Francisco                                                                 
                                                                        
28* 11  Ho    Wing Chuck 23   Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11554      
29* 39  Low   Fung         23 Landed 6-Feb               383 wife of merchant
30* 40  Chow  Nga? Ying    23 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11558      
31  41  Fung  Tye          23 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11560      
32  42  Lee   Lin  Choy    23 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11557      
33  43  Lai   Kum          21 Refused Departed per steamer Hong Kong Feb 17      
34* 44  Lee   Kum  Choy    21 Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11559      
35* 46  Chong Yow  Lin   26   Refused USDC Habeas Corpus Case 11555      

              In transit for Panama

36  3   Wong  Kui        21   Departed per City of Sydney Feb 5/92               
37  14  Chun  Pow        30   Landed "I.T." Transit 879

              In transit for Havana

38  4   Mah   Yuen Chong 42   Landed "I.T." Transit 872
39  5   Mah   Ke   Lock  31   Landed "I.T." Transit 873
40  6   Mah   Lee  Fat   23   Landed "I.T." Transit 876
41  7   Mah   Mack Chong 33   Landed "I.T." Transit 877
42* 8   Wong  Hoon Fan   17   Landed "I.T." Transit 875
43  20  Yip   Ping Qwai  20   Departed per City of Sydney Feb 5/92
44  21  Wong  Hong       24   Landed "I.T." Transit 884
45  22  Wong  Yue        34   Landed "I.T." Transit 883
46  23  Wong  Chun       30   Landed "I.T." Transit 885
47  24  Wong  Chung      29   Landed "I.T." Transit 880
48  25  Wong  Kee        49   Landed "I.T." Transit 881
49  26  Wong  Chung      23   Landed "I.T." Transit 882
50  27  Yuen  Sing       49   Landed "I.T." Transit 877
51  32  Mah   Choy Qwan  46   Landed "I.T." Transit 875
52* 33  Mah   Fong       15   Landed "I.T." Transit 878

Recapitulation           Men  Women  girls
 for San Francisco  35    22    12     1
 for Panama          2
 for Havana         15
     Total          52


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber, 
  or is used to call attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

Question marks replace illegible information or letters.

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.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1892 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case Grant). 
 
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.  The National Archives 
  should have a file for these passengers describing what happened to them.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries:
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

No of Certificate has been crossed out, replaced by Ticket No.
The Age column has been divided into two with the left hand portion called male and the
 right hand portion labeled female.
Occupation is Merchant for all San Francisco Passengers and Grocer for Panama and Havana
 passengers except as noted below.
Last Residence has no obvious entry for a number of passengers.  It is possible that there
 are ditto marks for these passengers indicating the same as the passenger above.

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.

1   Something is written under the Refused stamp in the Occupation column "wife of ?????."
     There is a nearly illegible note "C??? Minister Passport ticket 45" at the end of the
     entry.  Probably this refers to passenger # 24 who has ticket # 45.
2,3 are joined by a bracket and the words "on one writ" which probably refers to the habeas
     corpus case number.
3   Occupation is "daughter."
13  has a note $250.
22,23 Occupation is "wife of merchant."
24  "on Chinese Minister's Passport, on same cert ticket 322."  Ticket # 322 is passenger # 1.
25  Occupation is "wife of merchant."
26  "cash $400"
28  Occupation is Actor.  "$400"
29  "cash $400"
30  Second name is Ngan or Ngau.
35  Occupation is Actor.
22,23,25,26,27,29,34 have a note in the margin "Fem."
42  Occupation is "with his uncle #4."
52  Occupation is "with his uncle #32."