This item was reply to letter S.12098, saying that he forwarded one packet of the Seed Gilt Plates out of which two of the plates exposed and show the defects. It also contains the report of the plates by Evershed, who has worked with the plates. In addition the letter has statement of Kodak Company and the mistake made by the Company.

• Shimla
• Kodaikanal

This letter was about the proposal of Smith that was at "Indian Observatories Committee" and also sanctioned the list of instruments that he proposed.

This letter was about the reply on photographic plates for the spectroheliograph.

This letter was reply to the telegram from the Metrorological Reporter saying that the Evershed Spectroscope has been forwarded to the Director General of Stores India Office and the instrument should be returned back to Kodaikanal Observatory as soon as possible to work on the Sun especially for prominence work on Sun.

This letter was with reference to his Annual Indent for Stores forwarded in the year 1905 and submitting points towards it. The letter also speaks on photographic plates, lower power microscope and spectroheliograph.

This letter was about arriving of grating and considered not perfect but overall, it's good.

This letter was about the bad weather that hindering the work for many days. It also contains the new building for photoheliograph begun.

This is a reply letter from Charles Michie Smith, the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to Gilbert T. Walker, the meteorological reporter to the government of India regarding the inadequacy of a single clock and along with the letter is a proposal stating the details about the required clocks for the Madras Observatory.

This is a letter from Charles Michie Smith, the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to Gilbert T. Walker, the meteorological reporter to the government of India acknowledging the receipt of the drum.