A review of the reading rota, map request slips and copy register finds a gap between the total in the public summary and the conditions recorded at the public map room at North Canopy House. The difference does not prove that anyone misstated the file. It shows what the public count leaves out: a fragile map can be consulted only during one staffed interval.
The the reading rota, map request slips and copy register lists 69 requests fulfilled before a map copy is moved to storage; the previous window lists 71. Aeren Thorn checked both against signed council records checked against the amendments residents submitted. The source was checked against a second copy held by Sylva Reed. No dated correction to either copy was present when the comparison closed.
Readers request longer open hours. Conservators say unsupervised viewing increases handling risk. The office has not supplied a separate measure that would settle the disagreement, so the two explanations remain competing accounts.
This report supports a narrower finding: the count is repeatable, but it is not enough to decide how the room balances public access with the time needed to protect a fragile copy.
An independent reader compares the copy with the source record. The Year second, seedfall window 1 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The archive will compare staffed hours with requests that could not be completed.
