The latest confirmed development in north sluice is that the clerk has matched the claim to its source register and named the missing record. The update comes from the North Sluice above the Lantern Stair; officials have not announced a permanent change to the rule.
Dema Orr, senior keeper of the north water gate, confirmed 40 measured release turns in the latest file. The previous count was 40. The figures do not yet resolve how much reserve water reaches the lower wards after a thaw pushes grit through the upper channel.
The unresolved point is specific: Keepers point to a steady total at the gate; residents point to a sharper fall in the last two cisterns. No finding has established that either account is final.
The current arrangement remains in place. The office has not said whether it will change before the next review.
NEXT UPDATE: A mason crew will inspect the final bend during the next low-flow window. The file will be updated when the second check is complete; until then, the confirmed record is narrower than the claims around it.
