Start with the warehouse issue slips and the stall’s daily brine-loss tally. It is the source used to make a decision about how much spoilage the cooperative may include in the posted price; it is not the decision itself. The rule only works if the source describes the conditions at the salt arcade of the Lower Market Hall.
The latest count is 45 barrels opened for sale; the prior file listed 44. A public vote has approved a narrow change while leaving the larger question open. The difference is a signal to check, not a verdict about who is right.
The disputed point is practical: The cooperative counts salt lost to damp air; buyers question whether the warehouse count already includes that loss. One side relies on the posted total, while the other points to a dry white line left on the stone shelf after a barrel is decanted.
The risk of reading the file too broadly is that an entry becomes a conclusion. Nima Thol checked the warehouse issue slips and the stall’s daily brine-loss tally against the field notes. The method is to put the posted price beside the amount that actually changed hands; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them.
Next: The next price board will list the delivered weight before and after storage. A useful update will publish the method, exceptions and review date with the number.
