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Edinburgh, 19 April 1661
The lord commissioner and estates of parliament ordain it be added to the act anent fishing that a barrel of green herring shall contain 12 gallons, which shall be the gauge between buyer and seller in all time coming.
[William Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament