12 July 1705

[Proposal read and ordered to be printed; draft acts read and amended; continuation]

Prayers said, rolls called.

Minutes of the last sederunt read.

Proposal by Doctor Hugh Chamberlain anent a land credit, read and ordered to be printed.

The draft of the act discharging the importation and wearing of muslin, calico and other foreign linen again read, and, after some amendments upon the said act, a first reading ordered to be marked thereon.

The draft of the act discharging all English, Irish and foreign butter and cheese again read, and, after some amendments, a first reading ordered to be marked thereon.

The draft of the act discharging the importation of victual from England and Ireland again read, and, after some reasoning thereon, ordered to lie upon the table.

Act adjourning the summer session to 1 November next read, and put to the vote mark a first reading or not, and carried in the negative.

Then 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

  1. NAS. PA3/7, Printed Minutes No.5, 1 or NAS. PA6/36,107, f.1. Back