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The letter is from Thomas Royds, Ag. Director, Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to the Superintending Engineer, VI circle, Trichinopoly, stating that other works in the observatory can be stopped except the reroofing of spectroheliograph for funds and ask not to postpone unless it's unavoidable.

Royds, Thomas

The letter is from Thomas Royds, Ag. Director, Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to the Superintending Engineer, VI circle, Trichinopoly, in continuation of letter no. Three hundred fifty-three asked when the pump installation would start and requested completion by the next dry season.

Royds, Thomas

The letter is from M. R. Ry. P. V. Chari Avergal, offg. Electrical Engineer to the Government of Madras to the Assistant Director, Kodaikanal Observatory, forwarding an estimate of Rs.340 for extending the pump house and requesting him to countersign it and the estimate of Rs.1075 for a suitable water pump and forward them to the Government for Administrative approval.

Chari Avergal, P. V.

The letter is from John Evershed to the electrical inspector enquiring about his visit to inspect electrical installations and asking him to suggest a suitable pump that can deliver about 500 gallons per hour through a 2-inch pipe as the current pump is not working correctly.

Evershed, John

The letter is from John Evershed to the Director-General of Observatories, Simla, requesting the Government to sanction the estimate of Rs.1075 for a new pump and Rs. 340 for the alteration of the current pump house. He also stated that as the current pump is not working, the observatory building depends on rainwater, and during dry weather, it has to be carted from a distance; hence, at his request, the estimates were provided by the electrical engineer.

Evershed, John

The letter was written by Gilbert T. Walker to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, approving the estimates of Rs.1075 and Rs.340 for the new pump and alterations in the pump house. He also mentions that the Local Government will allot the funds from the provision made in their budget for Imperial Works.

Walker, Gilbert T.

The letter is from John Evershed to the Superintending Engineer VI circle, Trichinopoly, forwarding the countersigned estimates and requesting to start works as soon as practicable.

Walker, Gilbert T.

The letter is a copy of a letter from G. S. Rama Ayyar, Superintending Engineer, VI circle to the Secretary to the Government of Madras, Public Works Department regarding funds for a new pump in Kodaikanal Observatory forwarded to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories. It requests to allocate the budget for the installation of the pump from the budget 1921-1922.

Rama Ayyar, G. S.

The letter is from G. S. Rama Ayyar, Superintending Engineer, VI circle to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories asking whether arrangements can be made to fit the pump in next April or May as the funds might not be available for the cost of the pump during the official year.

Rama Ayyar, G. S.

The letter is a forwarded copy of a letter from G. S. Rama Ayyar, Superintending Engineer, VI circle, to the Executive Engineer, Madura Division, asking for the action report taken on the installation of a new pump, asking to take it urgently as the Director needs it to be installed before Christmas.

Rama Ayyar, G. S.