Pages 30 and 31 of John Graham's report book 1831-1833

[Page 30]

Thomas Gibson one of the plate layers has been in the habit of sending to the Black Boy Colliery for Coals and ordring them to be ticketed to Spout lain and bringing them down to Aycliff lain and depriving the Company of the tonage between Spout Lain and Aycliff Lain; Reported by Mattw Turnbull and says that he can prove that he has done it twice – { See tickets against next week } –

[Page 31]

December 31st 1831 Reports made to the Stockton and Darlington Railway Commettee by John Graham

November 29, 1831 Thomas Atkinson for howesing his Waggons in one of the sidings upon Simpasture after an order had been giving for no Waggons to be howesed there
Fined {2/6}

David Pears George Wanlass and Robert Clark George Milburn for sending there Waggons over Brusselton plain without tickets [words struck through] I have bean at the Black Boy Colliery and got the Ticket Book examined and found that one of Gibsons Waggons has been Ticketed