The item is a letter from the Director General of Stores to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, enquiring about the sensitivity of the photographic plates supplied to the Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories by the Imperial Dry Plate Company.

William Butler wrote this letter to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to inform him that the photographic plates were dispatched and there was a new fresh demand for photographic plates.

The document is a letter from the Director General of Stores to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding the poorly maintained photographic plates that were sent to the Kodaikanal Observatory.

In this letter, William Butler was asked about the complaint about the rusty condition of the dividing machine, which happened because the firm used low-quality vaseline coating before shipment.

This letter contains a proposal to close the Observatory at Poona and transfer the instruments to Kodaikanal, as instructed by the Bombay Government and also provides the details of three staff members who can be transferred if their services are required at Kodaikanal.

The two letters are from Wesleyan Mission Industrial School to the Solar Physics observatory saying that the Pigeon hole almirah is ready and will be sent in two days. Another page states its bill is Rs.130

This letter is from W. J. Dunlop to the Executive Engineer informing that the domes etc belonging to the observatory building should be closed under machinery and the cost of such items should be deducted from the capital cost. Also a reply letter from the director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories Michie Smith questioning this is a very troublesome work and also he mentioned that this cannot be reached by any considerate of cost.

This letter from W. Huggins to John Evershed regarding approval of paper presentation

This letter was a request of asking one or two original negatives of spectra of the centre and the limb of the Sun.

This letter is from W. G. Butler to the Director General of Observatories enquiring the details of the focal length, etc of a single lens, 4" aperture for Kodaikanal Observatory