A record of a rating appeal between the Hull Docks Company (Appellants) and the Govenor, Deputy-Governor, Assistants, and Guardians of the Poor of the Town of Kingston upon Hull (Respondents). The volume includes records of proceedings for the following sessions:

1. Case held at the Hull Easter Sessions before J. Forbes Esq, QC, Recorder (13 April 1889)

2. Arbitration proceedings at the Surveyor's Institution, 12 Great George Street, Westminister before Mr Gully, QC, Arbitrator (17–22 June 1889)

The volume is stamped 'Hull Dock Company: Engineers Department', and contains a few manuscript annotations in pencil.