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committee. So much of the statement as exhibits the amount 

 of our commerce in the Pacific seas, the committee think is fully 

 sustained by the reports of the officers of our navy, who have, 

 by order of the Secretary, heretofore made reports upon that 

 subject, to which Mr. Reynolds refers, and with which his state- 

 ment has been compared, as well as with the accounts of others 

 familiar with those branches of our trade. 



The dangers to which an immense amount of property is 

 exposed, as well as the hazard to human life, for the want of 

 knowledge, by more accurate surveys, of the regions to which 

 our commerce is extending, and the probable new sources of 

 wealth which may be opened and secured to us, seem to your 

 committee not only to justify, but to demand the appropriation 

 recommended ; they therefore report a bill for the purpose. 





