The letter describes the slight shock observed at the last night of 5th December 1898

The letter gives a report on the occurance of the earthquake from east to west at about 12:30 of 15th December 1898

In this letter, the Deputy Traffic Manager mentioned that Thomas Royds can send the telescope by wagon by unbroken gauge route if he wishes, with proper packing. And also asked to advice the District Traffic Superintendent to make necessary arrangements to send the wagon through over the South Indian railway.

The letter is from the Director General of Indian Observatories to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding seismic disturbances obtained from the seismographs used at the Alipore Observatory. It is for half a year, from July 1 to December 31, 1903.

The letter is from the Director General of Observatories to Charles Michie Smith regarding disturbances in the mines of Mysore, which they term as 'Air blast, enclosing a list of when it happened in August and September, asking to see if any earthquakes were recorded in Kodaikanal and send the remarks.

The letter is from Director General of Observatories to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding earthquake record.

The letter is from the Director General of Observatories to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding the test observation that is not satisfactory, hence asking the director to spend more time verifying the instruments.

Letter from the director general of observatories,to the director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories on information regarding the Burma earthquake

The letter is from the Director General of stores to Charles Michie Smith regarding volumes of the mural circle and transit observations. It consists of a copy letter from the Royal Astronomical Society and a list of 6 folio volumes presented to the Royal Astronomical Society.

This Letter is from the Director General of Stores to Roberts S. Whipple for reassembling for a final optical and photographic test before being packed for transit. The slits required for these instruments have the form of circular arcs, and to make a set of sufficiently high quality, which is necessary to devise and make a particular machine, a photograph of which would be enclosed.