The fond contains correspondence between E. C. J. Bond, the officer-in-charge, No. 18 party (Magnetic), Survey of India, and the Director of the Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories during 1919-1920. The official letters are about the magnetic observations from the Kodaikanal Magnetic Observatory. The observations have been taken from the Kodaikanal Observatory and used to send to The Survey of India office for scientific purposes. This fond consists of 7 letters sufficient to understand the cooperation between The Survey of India and The Kodaikanal Observatory.

Seven official letters pertaining to Gilbert T. Walker from 1903 to 1912 are included in the fond. This includes correspondence between Gilbert T. Walker and the Director of the Kodaikanal Observatory and the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of Madras.

This fond contains letters, annual expenditure reports and bills of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories. It also contains correspondence of John Eliot,Charles Michie Smith and R.E.V.Arbuthnot during July 1901 to March 1903 regarding the index slip, meteorological summaries, seismological reviews and disturbances and other reports like annual expenditure, bills, and telegraphs. It has a report on the condition and proceedings of the government observatory, Colaba, written by N.A.F.Moos. It also has letters from the Royal Society of India, H. Grubb, J. Larmer, R. Fuess, William Butler and Charles P. Butler to the Meteorological Department and Kodaikanal & Madras Observatory.

This fond contains correspondences related to clocks in Madras and Kodaikanal Observatory

This font is regarding Instruments used in Kodaikanal Observatory

The fonds contain letters regarding Madras and Kodaikanal Observatory Grounds.

Correspondence regarding the details of the Specification of turning Lathe

This fond contains correspondences related to time signals

The fond contain correspondence of the annual reports of scientific works at Kodaikanal

This correspondence is related to half yearly return of Instruments at the Periyakulam Observatory which were in use on 31st March 1900