I, A.E. Cousins, Master of the Steamship Umatilla 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 Victoria, B.C. 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) A.E. Cousins
Sworn to this 2 day of April 1898, before me, (signature) Charley Juilem, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Umatilla whereof A.E. Cousins is Master, from Victoria, B.C., burthen 2168 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 Wong Chow Chung 28 Salesman San Francisco 5'4" Yellow Brown Scar over left eyebrow Landed 04-Apr Native of US 2 Fong Sue Soi 26 Merchant Sacramento 5'5¾" Yellow Brown Scar on top of head Landed 02-Apr Affidavit Merchant 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. There are two separate pages for the arrival of theis ship because it had Chinese pasengers from a foreign port, Victoria and a US port, Port Townsend. The paperwork for Chinese passengers was different for the two kinds of arrivals. Furthermore, the two lists do not appear together on the film. This list with the Zealandia and the Acapulco and the other with the Peru. The following columns had no entries: No of Certificate 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.
Port Townsend
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 3, Vol. 38 & 38, Manifest 9620-2.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
24 December 2007
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