The letter is from the Deputy Director of Madras Observatory to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, informing them about the copies of the new Madras catalogue. It states that out of the 161 copies, nine copies have been forwarded to the meteorological office in Calcutta.

This letter is from the Deputy Director to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories requesting permission to have a new instrument according to estimate. And the two estimates are also countersigned from the Assistant Superintendent of Telegraphs, Madras Subdivision.

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 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.

This letter was regard to the question of treating the appointment of the mechanic at Kodaikanal Observatory as superior the Comptroller, India Treasuries. Further he mentioned that the man is a skilled instument maker and not an ordinary mechanic, hence Government of India to treat this as a special case.

The letter is from the Director General of Observatories to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding the distribution list of publications. It requests that John Crerar Library, Chicago, be added to the distribution list of publications.

The letter is from the Director General of Observatories to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding publications to be sent to the United States of America. It states that future publications must be sent through the Smithsonian Institution and not through the Indian office.