The document is a pay slip of Thomas Royds for the month of March in 1916, Issued by the Assistant Account General office, Madras. During that time he was working as Assistant Director of Kodaikanal Observatory.

This was a reply letter from John Evershed, past Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, to the Director General of Observatories, Simla requesting to transfer the salary of Thomas Royds from Kodaikanal Sub-Treasury to Madras Treasury. It was written in the year 1914.

This letter was about requesting to sent C. M. Smith last pay certificate to this office at an early date for transmission to the Comptroller, India Treasuries after his retirement.

This letter is from John Evershed about the transfer of Mrs Sitaramayya, officiating assistant Director of the Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal, to the office of the Director-General of Observatories, Simla.

The letter was about the salary given to P. R. Chidambara Ayer when he was working as the Meteorologist at Madras. The letter was written in 1920.

The item was a petition submitted by P. R. Chidambara Ayer to The Secretary to the Government of India, Revenue and Agricultural Department, about his salary. The facts of the case have been stated very clearly in the petition. The letter was sent to The Director General of Observatories and the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories in 1920.

The item was a letter for forwarding a petition submitted by P. R. Chidambaram Ayer to The Secretary to the Government of India, Revenue and Agricultural Department, about his salary. The letter was sent from Kodaikanal to Simla in 1920.

This is the last pay certificate for K.V. Sivarama, 1st assistant at the Kodaikanal Observatory.