A review of sealed sample tags, measure stones and buyers’ receipts finds a gap between the total in the public summary and the conditions recorded at the resin weighing table at Alder Crossing. The difference does not prove that anyone misstated the file. It shows what the public count leaves out: a jar can lose mass between collection and the market table.
The sealed sample tags, measure stones and buyers’ receipts lists 53 lots weighed with the same dry-time note; the previous window lists 48. Sylva Reed checked both against field transects paired with the season and location of each reading. The source was checked against a second copy held by Sylva Reed. No dated correction to either copy was present when the comparison closed.
Collectors favor the collection weight. Buyers ask for the weight at sale and a note about time between both readings. 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 a standard weight accounts for drying time without disguising the amount sold.
Anew seasonal file opens with a named site and a dated measure. The Year fourth, seedfall window 2 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The measure table will show collection and sale weights in separate columns.
