XVI. That from and after the union, the coin shall be of the same
standard and value throughout the United Kingdom; as now in England, and
a mint shall be continued in Scotland, under the same rules as the mint
in England, and the present officers of the mint continued, subject to
such regulations and alterations as her Majesty, her heirs or
successors, or the Parliament of Great Britain shall think fit.
XVII. That from and after the union, the same weights and measures shall
be used throughout the United Kingdom, as are now established in
England, and standards of weights and measures shall be kept by those
burghs in Scotland to whom the keeping the standards of weights and
measures, now in use there, does of special right belong: All which
standards shall be sent down to such respective burghs, from the
standards kept in the Exchequer at Westminster, subject nevertheless to
such regulations as the Parliament of Great Britain shall think fit.
XVIII. That the laws concerning regulation of trade, customs, and such
excises to which Scotland is, by virtue of this treaty, to be liable, be
the same in Scotland, from and after the union, as in England; and that
all other laws in use within the kingdom of Scotland, do after the
union, and notwithstanding thereof, remain in the same force as before
(except such as are contrary to, or inconsistent with, this treaty), but
alterable by the Parliament of Great Britain; with this difference
between the laws concerning public right, policy, and civil government,
and those which concern private right, that the laws which concern
public right, policy, and civil government may be the same throughout
the whole United Kingdom; but that no alteration be made in laws which
concern private right, except for evident utility of the subjects within
Scotland.
XIX. (Scottish Courts of Law to remain as before, the right, however, of
the United Parliament to make regulations and alterations being
recognised.)[29]