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....†after the union all sorts of Scots linen, or any kind of cloth made of flax or hemp, be exported out of the united kingdom free of all customs or other impositions whatsoever.
And another in these terms: that before the union we may now have such a drawback adjusted as may enable us to export beef and pork and butter to the West Indies and other foreign parts which will be a considerable branch of our trade after the union.
And likewise, another clause in these terms: that from and after the union all duties or bounty-tolls or other exactions upon black cattle or any other product of Scotland when carried into England, or product of England when carried into Scotland, payable either to the public or private persons, shall, in all time coming, be void and null.
And another clause in these terms: that from and after the union the kingdom of Scotland shall have liberty forever to manufacture plaiding, fingering, Galloway-whites, sarges, stockings and all sort of linen as they have been in use to do, conforming to the regulations contained in their own laws, and to export the same to England or dominions and plantations thereto belonging, or to any other place beyond seas, free of any duty or imposition whatsoever to be laid thereon. But in case any of the subjects of that part of united Britain now called Scotland shall export any other sort of woollen manufacture than what is above-mentioned, they are to be liable to the regulations and taxes of England imposed before the union or to be imposed by the British parliament after the union.
And it was agreed that all the clauses above inserted should be likewise remitted to a committee, whereupon it was moved that the sixth article and proposals and additional clauses relating thereto should be remitted to the committee for examining the calculation of the equivalent, which was agreed to. Thereafter it was also moved that a further number of the members of each estate should be added to the said committee, and thereupon a vote was put add or not, and it carried add. Then it was moved that two of each estate be the number to be added, and likewise moved that the number of four of each estate be added. And, after some reasoning, it was put to the vote, two or four, and it carried two, and the next sederunt of parliament appointed for choosing the additional members.