LETTER 



THE SECEETARY OF THE NAVY, 



COMMnNICATING, 



IN COMPLIANCE WITH A EESOLUTION OF THE SENATE, 



EEPORT or COMMODORE M. C. PERRY, 



OF THE 



NAVAL EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. 



January 22, 1855. — Ordered to be printed, and tliat 5,000 additional copies be printed ; five hundred of which for the use 



of Commodore Perry. 



January 29, 1855. — Ordered, That 500 copies be for the use of the Navy Department. 



Navy Depaktment, August 28, 1855. 



Sir : In compliance witli the resolution of the Senate of the United States, passed on the 



22d January last, calling upon the Secretary of the Navy " to communicate to the Senate a copy 



of the report of Commodore Perry of the Naval Expedition to Japan," I have the honor to 



enclose herewith a coj^y of the letter of Commodore Perry to the Department transmitting the 



manuscript, &c., of said report. 



I am sir, very respectfully. 



Your obedient servant, 

 AsBURT DicKiNS, Esq., J. C. DOBBIN. 



Secretary of the Senate of the United States, Washington, D. C. 



New Tore, August 27, 1855. 



Sir : In compliance with a resolution of the United States Senate, bearing date January 22, 



1855, calling upon the Secretary of the Navy "to communicate to the Senate a copy of the 



report of Commodore Perry of the Naval Expedition to Japan, and that the same, with the 



maps, charts and drawings^ be printed," I have now the honor of transmitting the manuscript 



of said report, together with drawings, maps, charts, &c., illustrative of the same. 



With great respect, I am, sir. 



Tour most obedient servant, 

 Hon. J. C. Dobbin, M. C. PEKRY. 



Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. 



