We’re talking 3 days difference. Okubo said the BC# was given on the “date filed”. I could see this as where they go through and stamp all the numbers and then they go through and stamp all the dates.
When Okubo confirmed that the BC#’s were assigned by the HDOH on the “date filed” that rebutted any arguments about piles here or there. These BC’s were numbered 3 days apart.
They were accepted three days apart, on the 8th and the 11th. I have no idea the practices of this office in 1961 Honolulu. Perhaps they saved all documents from the week and filed on Friday. And for whatever reason, they weren’t sorted properly.
I’ll say it again, I’m amazed that people who normally decry the inefficiencies and incompetence of government on a daily basis suddenly expect a small government office in 1961 to have a perfect rock solid system and make no errors whatsoever in typing, filing, dating, etc.