This item is a letter from Gilbert T. Walker, Director General of Observatories, to John Evershed, Director of Kodaikanal and Madras observatories. It talks about building a hospital on the spur tank site.

This letter was sent from Gilbert T. Walker to Charles Michie Smith regarding purchasing a slit-making machine, which they had made as an adjunct to the spectroheliograph. It's mentioned that sanction for the purchase of the machine has been sent home by telegraph by the Government of India, and Smith has to receive it in the case of Spectroheliograph.

this is a letter from Gilbert T. Walker to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras observatories regarding the purchase of clocks. In the letter it states that one additional transit clock is provided considering the lack of clocks in Madras Observatory. It also consist of various recommendations which should be added to the report of the Madras Observatory.

This is a reply letter from Gilbert T. Walker to the Director of Solar Physics observatory, Kodaikanal requesting for a special indent for the requests of clocks in the above letter. He also asks for precise details about the required clocks.

This is a letter from Gilbert T. Walker to Charles Michie Smith stating the inadequacy of the single clock at Madras for the time service. This letter asks for a detailed proposal for supplying the deficiency of clocks.

This is a letter from Gilbert T. Walker to Charles Michie Smith informing that there might be difficulty in getting clocks from the mathematical instrument department.

This is a letter from Gilbert T. Walker to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras observatories informing despatch of drum by post and a request for acknowledgement.

This letter was sent to Charles Michie Smith from Gilbert T. Walker who was glad to pressed Slit Machine at once instead of indenting for it later on

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

This is a reply letter from Gilbert T. Walker to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras observatories informing that the drums of the thermograms are not always interchangeable. It further states that he is giving calcutta office instructions regarding sending of the drums.