The item was a letter for forwarding a petition submitted by P. R. Chidambaram Ayer to The Secretary to the Government of India, Revenue and Agricultural Department, about his salary. The letter was sent from Kodaikanal to Simla in 1920.

Through this letter, John Evershed, past Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, reported to The Director General of Observatories, Simla, that Thomas Royds had returned to duty on the forenoon of 4th August 1919.

The letter is from John Evershed to the Director General of Observatories, Simla, regarding the distribution list. It requests permission to add to the distribution list the names of the editors of the Astronomischen Nachrichten and the Director of the Meteorological Observatory of the Imperial University of Jourieff.

The letter is from John Evershed to the Director General of Observatories, Simla, regarding the distribution list. It requests permission to add the names of Dr. Henrich Konen, Prof. Dr. P. Kempf, Prof Ames, and M. Farmen to the distribution list. It also states that M. Farmen promised to send a publication of his in exchange.

This letter is from John Evershed to the Director of Telegraphs, Bombay, enclosing a copy of the magnetogram recorded in Kodaikanal Observatory. He also asked the Director for the details of the telegraphic disturbance in Bombay and elsewhere.

This letter from John Evershed to the Director to acknowledge the receipt of plans and estimates for the quarters for the photographic assistant

This letter is from J. Evershed, Assistant Director to the Director-General of Observatories, reporting his arrival at Colombo on January 17 and Kodaikanal on January 21.

This is a letter from John Evershed, the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, to the District Magistrate Nellore enclosing the sketch of the locality where the sound is the Loudest. It also states that the superintendent geological survey of India informed that similar sounds are heard in Ongole, and they are mostly due to temperature effects causing fractures in the massive quartz magnetite rock of which the country is composed.

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.

This is a letter from the director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to the electric inspector to the government of madura stating that the inspection report has been considered and actions has been taken.