The letter is to the President, District Board Madura, about some survey in Kodaikanal

The letter is from Lieut. H. Wood, R. E., offg. Director, Kodaikanal & Madras Observatories to the Consulting Architect to Government, Madras stating that the Government of Madras P.W.D have forwarded a copy of the order to request you to move the Collector of Madura to submit a draft notification for the acquisition of land for the assistant's quarters at Periyakulam.

This letter was about the reply to the Judge's request on magnetic variation in Madura. C. M. Smith aware there are no observations of the magnetic variation in Madura for the years 1877-78 and suggesting to consult the Survey of India, Dehradun.

This letter was about receiving the time signal from some intermediate station considered useless.