REPORT, AMENDMENTS, 



AND FINAL PASSAGE OP THE BILL, 



AUTHORIZING THE 



SURVEYING AND EXPLORING EXPEDITION 



TO THE 



PACIFIC OCEAN AND SOUTH SEAS. 



The Committee on Naval Affairs in the senate were unanimous 

 in their report, made March 21, 1836. The committee was com- 

 posed of the 



Hon. SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD, of New Jersey, chairman 



Hon. N. P. TALLMADGE, of New York, 



Hon. JOHN BLACK, of Mississippi, 



Hon. ASHER ROBBINS, of Rhode Island, 



Hon. ALFRED CUTHBERT, of Georgia. 



The following abstract, taken from the journal of the senate 

 and house of representatives, will afford a concise history of the 

 passage of the bill through both branches of congress. 



IN SENATE, March 21. 



Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom 

 was referred a memorial from sundry citizens of Connecticut, in- 

 terested in the whale fishery, praying that an exploring expedition 

 may be fitted out to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas, made 

 a report, accompanied by a bill, to provide for an exploring 

 expedition. 



The bill was read, and passed to the second reading. 



