Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Walla Walla*

I,____, Master of the Steamship ______ 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) _______
Sworn to this 13th day of _ 1898, before me, (signature) ____, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship _______ whereof _______ is Master, from _______, burthen ____ 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* 3677  Wong    ?ooey
2  3676  Lum     Mow
3  3674  Lum     Fong


Transcriber's Notes:

Most of the manifest for this ship was apparently cut off before the film was made.  The
 names of the ship and her captain are missing.  The arrival date space says 13th.  This, 
 combined with the dates for surrounding ships on the film suggests that that arrival date
 was April 13, 1898.  The information above is the printed form used for all Chinese arrivals.
 Nearly all of even this is missing for this ship. However, the writing on the list is
 distinctive and identical to that on many other arrivals of the Walla Walla from
 Victoria, B.C., Canada and Port Townsend, Washington.  This arrival was probably from
 Victoria because the typical paperwork for an arrival from within the U.S. is missing
 The captain of the Walla Walla was H.C. Thomas at this time.  

* 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.  This ship has no such number but is on the
 same page as the City of Para, number 9620-5.

The following columns are missing from the film:
 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

No of Certificate is called Identification Paper.
 
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 The beginning letter of the third name of this passenger looks most like a Z but could be
   a G, Gooey.