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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

This letter is from Deputy Director Madras Observatory to the Director Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories submitting papers related to the bench mark erected by the survey of India in the compound of the observatory.

The letter is from the Deputy Director of the Madras Observatory to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding Madras meridian circle observations. It informs that the volumes of the mentioned observations have been forwarded to the Director of Laws Observatory, Missouri.

This letter is from the Deputy Director of the Madras Observatory to the Director General of Telegraphs regarding the daily signalling of the time needs correction and to indicate for all telegraphists to signal at the time as sixteen and for all the officers to note the exact time and adjust their clocks accordingly.

This letter is from the Deputy Director of Madras Observatory to the Superintendent of Telegraphs, who said that he cannot alter time signals without the sanction of the Director.