The item is a letter from Gilbert T. Walker to the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of Madras regarding the observation forms used at Kodaikanal Observatory. The letter inquires why form F and not form A was utilised to record the observation at the Kodaikanal Observatory.

The letter was a request to send weekly note to Calcutta containing meteorological determination from the wireless signal in the same form as Calcutta wires to the meteorological department, Madras.

This letter is from Gilbert T. Walker to the Secretary to the Government of India asking for assistance from the Government in securing the loan for the Kodaikanal Observatory of a prism, which was in charge of the Joint Permanent Eclipse committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society.

The letter is from Gilbert T. Walker to the Director Kodaikanal informing about enclosing a copy from the Finance Department sanctioning thr transfer of the observer's house at Periyakulam together with its site to the Govt. of Madras free of cost.

This letter was about the annual report of Kodaikanal and Madras observatories for 1903.

This is a letter from Gilbert T. Walker, Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director General of Indian Observatories, to the Director of the Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal, regarding adopting standard time. An official order has yet to be received, so kindly arrange with the Superintendent of the Madras Telegraph Office to send the time signal at 16:00 hours, new standard time, after July 1.

This letter is from Gilbert T. Walker, Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director General of Indian Observatories, to the Director, inquiring whether any notice has been received from Washington regarding a unique series of midnight telegraphic signals to be sent out by the U.S. Naval Observatory on May 3 1905.

This is a letter from Gilbert T. Walker, Director general of observatories to the Director Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories sanctioning the renewal of the dome of the observatory at Madras at an estimated cost of Rs.4400. The plan and estimate for it has been countersigned by the Secretary of Government, Public Works Department, Madras.

This letter is from N.H.Nicholson executive engineer of Madura to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding the execution of work in Kodaikanal Observatory Building. It states that any new construction will be observed by Nicholson and these constructions should only be done with the knowledge of the department after the proposals were properly considered.

This is a letter from H.S.Northey executive Engineer Madura division to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding the repairs to the observatory buildings in Kodaikanal. It contains estimates amounting to Rs.330 for special repairs to the observatory at kodaikanal with 2 domes, Rs.320 for repairs at Magnetic observatory in Kodai, Rs.110 for repairs to the Anemometer tower in Kodai, Rs.115 for special repairs at the sliding roof building both old and new in Kodaikanal and Rs.64 for photoheliograph buildings with dome at Kodaikanal