The letter was from Charles P. Butler to John Eliot, the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director General of Indian Observatories, Simla, in 1903 about the broken-down condition of the fencing of rain gauge at Periyakulam station.

This Letter is from the Director, Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to the executive engineer Madura special division on the assessment of the observatory building. In this letter the director is stating that the assessment on the observatory building adopted for water and drainage tax is the same as that which has been previously accepted for the house tax. These taxes were fixed after a lot of discussions in 1904 and was finally decided on a single sum being fixed for the whole of observatory buildings.

This is a letter from Solar physics observatory Kodaikanal to Gilbert T. Walker regarding building a new roof. It explains about the issues the roof has now and concludes with the fact that a new roof has to be built before long due to the corrugated sheeting and leakages caused thereby

This font is regarding public works in Kodaikanal Observatory

This letter is from consulting Architect to Government ordering the sanction for the expenditure for Govt. Astronomer's residence and quarters for the members

This letter is from the Director of Kodaikanal & Madras Observatories to the Executive Engineer, Madura, regarding the plans and estimates for the bookbinder shed. He prefers the original plan to place the bookbinder in the present workshop and build a new workshop, as the mechanic's work on the anvil will disturb the observation work in the south dome. It also suggests that the verandah is only needed at the east and west sides of the workshop as if the verandah is at all sides, it makes the room dark, and that part of the eastern verandah should be enclosed to be used as smiddy.

In this memorandum the government had under consideration the question of constructing residential quarters for the officers of the Police Department and proposed the portion marked 'D' in the enclosed plan of the Madras Observatory

This letter is from W. J. Dunlop to the Executive Engineer informing that the domes etc belonging to the observatory building should be closed under machinery and the cost of such items should be deducted from the capital cost. Also a reply letter from the director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories Michie Smith questioning this is a very troublesome work and also he mentioned that this cannot be reached by any considerate of cost.

This letter informing estimate about the provision for wooden floors to the bedrooms also and for tiling the roofo the outhouses to the quarters

This letter is for returning the plans and estimates for the photographic assistant quarters countersigned