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This item is a letter from W.J.Dunlop, Chairman of Municipal Council Kodaikanal to Charles Michie Smith Municipal Councillor Kodaikanal enclosing a letter from the executive engineer Madura in regards to the assessment of the observatory building.

This letter is from Sub-division officer Kodaikanal to executive Engineer Madura regarding repairs to the observatory buildings. It states that the inspection of the observatory building have come to the conclusion with consultation from the Director. It states the further changes to be made in regards to repairs.

This is a letter from Solar physics observatory Kodaikanal to Gilbert T. Walker regarding building a new roof. It explains about the issues the roof has now and concludes with the fact that a new roof has to be built before long due to the corrugated sheeting and leakages caused thereby

This item is a letter from the Executive Engineer's office Madura to the superintending engineer regarding estimates for the improvements to be made in the building in Kodaikanal.

In the letter to the Sub divisional officer P.W.D, Dindigul stating that the roof is practically water tight and it is possible to wait till the new supplies came.

This Letter is from the Director, Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to the sub divisional officer Kodaikanal stating the approval of the proposed fencing and informing that the plan has been signed and returned with this letter.

This letter is from The Director Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to The executive engineer returning the plan for the new observatory building in Kodaikanal as asked in the previous letter. There is also further instruction from the director general of observatories requesting no work to be commenced on the building until further notices were given.

This Letter is from the Director, Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to the executive engineer Madura special division on the assessment of the observatory building. In this letter the director is stating that the assessment on the observatory building adopted for water and drainage tax is the same as that which has been previously accepted for the house tax. These taxes were fixed after a lot of discussions in 1904 and was finally decided on a single sum being fixed for the whole of observatory buildings.

This is a letter from The Director Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to the executive engineer Madura division regarding the municipal water and drainage tax previously sent. In this letter he states that there is no previous records on the subject regarding the taxes. The amount was settled between the director of Kodaikanal Observatory and the executive engineer without any documentation. It also states that he was unaware of the need for certificate from the executive engineer. The letter also states that the amount of house tax paid since April 1,1908 WAS .

This letter is from the Deputy Director, Madras Observatory as a reply send to the message honouring to state that there is no objection to taking charge of benchmark which should be done in the name of the Deputy Director.