On 1 January 1965 Form P2-Passenger List Inwards and Form P1-Passenger List Outwards, were replaced by the 'Manifest' Commonwealth of Australia, Migration Act, forms M.308, M.309 and M.310. The information contained in the various forms is as follows: Form M.308 Inwards Passenger manifest - disembarking - The Form is in 2 parts (Foolscap): Part I gives details of the Ship: Name of Ship, Port of arrival, subsequent ports of call in Australia Date of arrival, Signature of master and date. Part II shows Port of Disembarkation, Date, Serial No., Passengers Name and Initials, British or Non British, Intended address in Australia and the Name of the vessel. Form M.309 Passenger Manifest - Direct Transit: The form is in 2 parts (Foolscap): Part I shows name of ship, port of arrival and date of arrival. The Ship's Master used this form also to note any passengers intended for disembarkation outside Australia who were found, subsequent to the departure of the ship from this port, not to be on board. Part 2 lists overseas passengers who will not be disembarking in Australia, serial number, passenger's surname and initials, nationality, passport number, where issued, name of Vessel. M.310 Outwards Passenger Manifest - The form is in 2 parts (Foolscap): Part I shows name of ship, port at which passengers embarked, date of departure, signature of Master; Part 2 shows port of embarkation, date, serial number, passenger's surname and initials, Port of intended disembarkation. With this new system the detailed information relating to disembarking and embarking Passengers, previously contained on Forms P2 and P1 was then recorded on a Passenger card completed by, or in respect of each such Passenger. The whereabouts of the passenger cards relating to these manifests is not known. Apparently five copies of the Inwards Manifest (M309), fully completed, were made available at the first port of call, and two copies at each subsequent port of call in Australia. Separate manifests, three copies, were presented at each Australian port on the outward voyage. It has been established that each Customs Branch has Manifests not held by the other but for reference these lists give first port arrivals and contain information not available in Department of Immigration copies. It appears that this accession series is an existing file from the 1966 series of Inwards and Outwards manifests relating to the Port of Portland. This manifest, [Form M308] relates to those passengers disembarking MV STRAAT JOHORE at Portland on 13 May 1966. Accession series MP990/5 contains further manifests for Portland for 1966.