  This is a follow-up investigation of a magnetic-flux cancellation event at a
polarity inversion line (PIL) on the Sun observed with the spectropolarimeter
on board Hinode. Anomalous circular polarization (Stokes V) profiles are
observed in the photosphere along the PIL at the cancellation sites. Kubo et
al. (2010) previously reported that the theoretically expected horizontal
fields between the canceling opposite-polarity magnetic elements in this event
are not detected at granular scales. We show that the observed anomalous Stokes
V profiles are reproduced successfully by adding the nearly symmetric Stokes V
profiles observed at pixels immediately adjacent to the PIL. This result
suggests that these observed anomalous Stokes V profiles are not indications of
a flux removal process, but are the result of either a mixture of unresolved,
opposite-polarity magnetic elements or the unresolved width of the PIL, at an
estimated resolution element of about 0".3. The hitherto undetected flux
removal process accounting for the larger-scale disappearance of magnetic flux
during the observing period is likely to also fall below resolution.
