Procedure: report, 17 January 1693, Edinburgh

Act, 28 December 1693, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Seventeinth day off January Jaj vjc nyntie three years

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Anent 5000 fyre armes

The Lord High Chancellour acquanted the Councill That the Lords Commissioners of the Theasury Conforme to a reference from the Councill to them Have aggreed with merchands to bring home Fyve thousand fyre armes for the publict use at the rate of tuenty shilling sterling a piece all of one Caliber Conforme to a patterne And that the merchands have undertaken to furnish patronlashes and belts for bygonets And that the pryce is to be payed as followes viz one thousand pound sterling when the merchands produce a testificat that the armes are Imbarqued And Tuo Thousand pound sterling when they shall be delyvered And the Merchands are to bear all hazard.

At Edinburgh, 17 January 1693

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Concerning 5,000 fire arms

The lord high chancellor informed the council that the lords commissioners of the treasury, according to a reference from the council to them, have agreed with merchants to bring home 5,000 fire arms for the public use at the rate of 20 s. sterling a piece, all of one calibre, conforming to a pattern, and that the merchants have undertaken to furnish patronlashes and belts for bayonets and that the price is to be paid as follows, viz: £1,000 sterling when the merchants produce a certificate that the arms are embarked, and £2,000 sterling when they shall be delivered, and the merchands are to bear all risk.

1. PC1/48, 557.

1. PC1/48, 557.