Letter

Certificate No. —., ——, —, 188–.

[Inclosure 2 in Chinese minister’s letter of March 7, 1884.]

Certificate No. —.

Descriptive list of Chinese merchant certificate furnished to the following Chinese merchant departing from the United States, to be produced to the customs officers on his return.

description.

Name. Age. Occupation. Place of business. Height. Complexion. Color of eyes. Physical marks or peculiarities, for identification.
Feet. Inches.

This certificate is issued to facilitate proof of the bearer’s right to return to the United States, and will be accepted as prima facie evidence of such right upon production to the proper officer of the customs at this port.

Custom-House, San Francisco, —— —, 188–.

[seal.],

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,
Collector of Customs.

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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.