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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

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

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 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 W. L. Strange to the secretary to the Govt. of Madras, Public Works Department, regarding the sanction of the complete abstract estimates aggregating Rs. 1,26,000 for all works related to Kodaikanal Observatory buildings.

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 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.

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 is from William Butler enclosing a copy of a letter from Cambridge Instrument Company relative to the photoelectron-heliograph undersupply for Kodaikanal Observatory and the supply of a slit-making machine.