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Prayers said. Rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
The overture for an act prohibiting and dischargeing the importation of all manner of merchandise and commodities from England, read.
Overture for an act anent the coinage of copper; overture for an act dischargeing the victualling of ships outward bound with Irish or forreign beef, read; as also, the overtures for the acts following: act dischargeing the importation of tobacco; act dischargeing the wearing of silk stufs, velvet and stamped calico; act dischargeing the importation of starch and pouder made of starch; act for easeing the leidges as to the prices of fleshes in Edinburgh, Canongate and Leith, all read and ordered to be printed for information to the members.
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Moved that the parliament proceed to consider the act for establishing and advanceing herring fishing upon which there is a first reading already marked. Moved also that the parliament proceed to consider the draught of the act appointing a council of trade and, after debate, it was put to the vote, whither the act for the fisherie or the act appointing a council of trade should be first considered, and carried act for the fisherie, and accordingly the same was read and proceeded on and, after debate upon the clause relating to the rousing of herrings with forreign salt, it was put to the vote, allow of the rouseing of herrings to be exported with white salt, yea or no, and carried in the negative.
Moved that the petition by Mr George Campbell anent the improvement of salt be read, and agreed that the same be under consideration before finishing of this act.
Moved that a clause be added prohibiting the importation of all English salt and agreed that the same should be likewayes considered before the act be finished.
Then the lord chancellour, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Tuesday next at ten a clock.