PRO CEEDINGS 



IN RELATION TO 



AN EXPLORING EXPEDITION, 



BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS, 



IN THE 

 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OP THE UNITED STATES, 1828. 



Letter from the Chairman, by order of the Committee. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committee on Naval Affairs. 



SIR : If it will not be inconvenient for you to furnish, it will be 

 acceptable to the committee on naval affairs to receive, a brief 

 statement, in writing, of the views you submitted to them, and 

 any others you may deem proper, respecting the advantages to 

 commerce of the exploring expedition to the South, for which you 

 are a petitioner. 



Such a statement, it is supposed, would contain your reasons for 

 general results, and a reference to authorities for specific facts, as 



Pwell as a tabular statement of the results and facts, so far as they 

 may be susceptible of being stated in such a form. 

 With esteem and respect, 



Your humble servant, 



MICHAEL HOFFMAN. 

 J. N. REYNOLDS, Esq. 



Answer to the foregoing. 

 Hon. MICHAEL HOFFMAN, 



Chairman Committee on Naval Affairs. 



SIR : In compliance with your request, in writing, I send you 

 a brief statement of my views of the extent, character, and advan- 

 tages of the commerce of this country in the Pacific ocean, with 



