Procedure

Prayers said. Rolls called.

Procedure: minutes read; draft acts read

Minutes of the last sederunt read.

The draft of an act against the importing of molasses from foreign parts into this kingdom, read and ordered to lie upon the table.

The draft of an act discharging the importation of English or Irish tanned leather, read and ordered to be printed.

Procedure: acts debated, continued and approved

Thereafter, the parliament proceeded to the consideration of the draft of the act discharging the importation and wearing of muslin, calico and other foreign linen and, after some amendments, the further consideration thereof was delayed until next meeting of parliament.

The draft of the act discharging the importation of English or Irish butter or cheese, read the second time and, after several amendments, it was put to the vote approve the act or not, and carried approve.

Procedure: adjournment

Then the lord chancellor, by order of her majesty's high commissioner, adjourned the parliament until Tuesday next at 10 o'clock.

  1. NAS. PA2/39, f.11v.