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Count of trees, listed by quantity: the majority beech, others elm, ash, oak, poplar, sycamore, larch, 'Scotch fir', spruce, 'Spanish chesnut', willow, lime, 'Horse Chesnut', aspen. Also a count of poles, again listed in order of quantity for sale: most larch and beech, then oak, sycamore, elm, ash, 'Scotch fir', 'Birch and Alder', 'Spanish chesnut', 'Spruce fir', poplar, hornbeam, aspen, willow, crab, lime, maple and thorn.

The final count is '3360 Rails. Together with the Topwood and Bark', and the valuation is £2497.11.6. Signed by George Parkin, Wortley.

'Conditions produced at the sale of the following wood or timber, the property of the Right Honble Lord Houghton and Fryston Hall'.

Count of trees and poles filled in by hand, agreeing exactly with that in HOUG/AB/5/23. 'All of which said Trees are numbered and marked with the Scrieve Iron, to distinguish the same from such as are not intended to be sold or taken down'. Conditions of purchase and requirements for the felling and gathering of timber printed, with some dates added by hand. MS note at end certifying that Mr Thomas Holmes of Ferrybridge, timber merchant, agrees to purchase the time and poles for two thousand five hundred pounds, less 2 1/2 per cent discount, 'and to carry the said conditions into effect'. Stamp noting the receipt of the balance pasted in at bottom and dated '21 Apr. 1873' over the top, with George Parkin's signature as witness. 'Lord Houghton' and 'Thomas Holmes' written in pencil, as if to mark a space for their signatures, but these are not present.

Printed by Pawson and Brailsford, Mulberry St., Sheffield