The market clerk’s first paired review found no common line between a gate arrival and a sack weighed before first bell. The sealed chits can show when a carrier reached the cliff lift; the scale book begins only after the load enters the Lower Market Hall.
Leira Venn compared the chits for three delayed consignments with their entries in the hall book. Each consignment was recorded at the gate before it appeared on a stall scale. The sample does not establish a citywide shortage, but it does show why a count made at one end of the route cannot stand in for the other.
Nella Voss says the morning exchange can weigh what arrives, not what remains below the lift. The carriers say the lift schedule should be posted alongside the gate count. The market clerk has not chosen between those requests and has not attributed the price rise to either one.
The paired records also leave a question about time. A sack listed at the gate after one bell may be present for the next board but absent from the first. Buyers who see only the posted total cannot tell whether an empty place means a missed harvest, a delayed lift, or both.
The clerk plans to publish weights from the gate and hall on the same day. The next comparison can make the route visible; it still will not tell merchants what price to ask until the market can distinguish supply from delay.
