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Prayers said, the rolls called.
The minutes of the last sederunt read.
Petition by the proprietors of the woollen manufactory at Musselburgh, desiring it might be declared a manufactory with the ordinary privileges, read and granted.
The petition by William Hogg of Harcarse, on behalf of his woollen manufactory of Harcarse to the same purpose, read again and granted.
The act for continuing the prohibition of exporting English and Irish wool until the next session of parliament being read again, a clause was offered to be added allowing sheep skins and lamb skins with wool upon them to be exported until the next session of parliament. And after some debate thereon, the act was considered paragraph by paragraph, and the narrative, with the clause continuing the prohibition of exporting English and Irish wool to the next session of parliament inclusive, put to the vote and approved. Then the general clause to discharge the exporting of any kind of wool being read, the question was stated if the clause allowing the export of skins with wool upon them should be added thereto, yes or no, and carried in the affirmative. After which it being moved that an additional duty might be imposed upon all skins to be exported, and some cautions applied for hindering other wool to be exported, together with that upon skins, the question was thereupon first stated proceed or delay, and thereafter stated approve the act as it stands or no, and the vote being asked whether the first or the second question should be voted, carried that the first question should be voted; and then the vote being asked proceed or delay, carried delay.
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesty's high commissioner, adjourned the parliament until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
[James Ogilvy, earl of] Seafield, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament†