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 12th* day of Feb 1897, before me, (signature) J W Jones, 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

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, PORT TOWNSEND, WASH
Collector of Customs San Francisco
Sir:
I certify that the SS Walla Walla sailed this Feb 12,1897 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with One Chinese (1) passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached (signature) J W Jones, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 15 day of Feby 1897 (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, ??985, Yung Lung Chang, 39y, Cook, Seattle, 5'4¾", Light, Dark Brown, scar on left side
    of neck near right eyebrow mark each corner on mouth


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.

Beside the Sworn Statement date someone has written 15th.  This date also appears on the cover sheet
 and in the note on the cover sheet (see below).

The first paragraph above is 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.

The cover sheet for this list has a note. 
 Inspector
  Land the within named Chinese passenger on identification and production of registration
   certificate.
   (signature) JJ Tobin, Collector, Feby 15, 1897
 
The following columns had no entries:
 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.