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              IND-IIA-F193-I01 · Item · 29-01-1900
              Part of Meridian Circle Reductions from 1862 to 1888

              This document originates from G.J.J. Harris, a consulting architect the Government of Madras engaged. It is addressed to the Madras and Kodaikanal Observatory director about the approval and submission of plans and estimates related to the construction of Kodaikanal Observatory buildings. Various aspects necessitated official sanction, encompassing the workshop for the mechanic, estimates for water supply in the director's residence, construction of a verandah for writers' quarters, provision of bookcases and furniture, landscaping of the grounds, provision of mats for the assistant's house, erection of additional outhouses for the first and second assistant quarters, and the construction of the observer's house at Periacolum, along with associated compensation. The communication underscores the comprehensive nature of the proposal, seeking the necessary approvals for diverse elements crucial to the successful realization of the Kodaikanal Observatory infrastructure.

              Harris, G. J. T.

              This letter is from Gilbert T. Walker to Charles Michie Smith being thankful for contribution to the annual summary and also he gave suggestion about the form of correspondence to keep together everything about buildings and spectroheliograph in separate file

              Walker, Gilbert T.