Start with the household allocation book and the ward’s signed objections. It is the source used to make a decision about how reserve grain is divided when two wards reach the ration line in the same week; it is not the decision itself. The rule only works if the source describes the conditions at the Upper Chamber of Measures.
The latest count is 11 registered households; the prior file listed 14. A second set of hands has checked the count and recorded where the methods differ. The difference is a signal to check, not a verdict about who is right.
The disputed point is practical: The old rule favors wards by population; delegates from the steepest passages argue that travel time and storage loss also matter. One side relies on the posted total, while the other points to a slate board on which each ward marks the days its reserve will last.
The risk of reading the file too broadly is that an entry becomes a conclusion. Mara Veld checked the household allocation book and the ward’s signed objections against the field notes. The method is to begin with the signed text, then test it against the people asked to carry it out; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them.
Next: Ward delegates will return with separate estimates of loss and delivery time. A useful update will publish the method, exceptions and review date with the number.
