Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Then the estates did seperat to chose their commissioners, who returned the persons following: for the nobility, the marquess of Lothian, the earl of Mar, the earl of Buchan, the earl of Leven, the earl of Hyndford, the earl of Stair [and] the earl of Hopetoun; for the barons, Sir Robert Dickson, the laird of Carnwath, Sir John Swintoun, the laird of Jerveswood, the laird of Kilmaronock, Sir Thomas Burnet of Leyes [and] James Moir of Stonywood; [and] for the royal burrows, Sir Patrick Johnstoun, Hugh Montgomery, Sir James Smollet, Sir Alexander Ogilvie, Mr John Clerk, Mr Dougald Steuart [and] Sir Hugh Dalrymple.
Ordered that these lists be insert in the act.
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The Lord Balmerinoch gave in the protest following, that the nomination of this commission or councill of trade by the estates severally, being a late practise and founded upon no law, shall not be drawn in consequence in prejudice of the right and priviledge of parliament to name by the whole house, whereupon he took instruments, to which protest the earls of Erroll and Marishall adhered.
Moved that any member of parliament may have the priviledge to be present at the meetings of the council of trade, and the same agreed to.
Then the lord chancellour, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till to morrow at ten a clock.