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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 Gilbert T. Walker, the Director General of Observatories, to the Director of the Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding the distribution list of publications. It is a confirmation to add the Kongliches Astrophysical Observatorium, Hungary, to the distribution list of publications.

The letter is from the Director General of Observatories to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding the supply of annual reports. It requests arrangements to ensure copies of the yearly report arrive by March.

This is a letter from the director general of observatories culcutta to John Evershed, Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories informing that the thermograph clock currently used stops working very frequently though it was repaired last year. It also requests for a new thermograph clock to be sent at the earliest.

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 written by Gilbert Thomas to Charles Michie Smith, in which he assumed that Michie Smith meant by saying "at our expense" that the Periyakulam Observer's house was built by the Public Works Department and charged to the Government of India, just like the houses of the staff at Kodaikanal. If so, Thomas requests Michie Smith to ask the PWD to dispose of the house and credit the amount to the Imperial funds. He also mentioned that the money wouldn't be available for their use, even if they were to sell it. And it's the responsibility of the Public Works Department to dispose of it.

The letter is from the Director General of Observatories to John Evershed regarding an additional grant of Rs. 350. It states that since their current departmental funds are insufficient, he has requested the government to give an additional grant of Rs 350 to take over Michie Smith's book.