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 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 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.

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.