This fond contains materials related to John Evershed that contains general local office materials including letters of all local government and administrations, proceedings, reports to the government of India etc., A large portion of the collection series contains information on observations from various scientists.

The letter was reply to D.O.No.2440 of the 8th instant, the R.A. clamp at Lahore is intended to be used with two cords and it was explained to Chowla. Further he mentioned about transit instrument and chronograph are extremly shoddy and not in accordance with specification.

The item is a letter written by Charles P. Butler, Ag. Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to John Eliot, the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director General of Indian Observatories, Simla, in 1903. The letter inquires about sending a personal copy of the administration report to M. Compte de la Baume Pluvinel, who was one of the distinguished astronomical spectroscopists.

The letter was sent from Thomas Royds to Gilbert T. Walker, the Director-General of Observatories, giving information about mean wind directions taken from Kodaikanal Observatory. The letter was sent from Kodaikanal to Simla in 1914.

The item is a forwarded copy of letter No.4744 from the Director of Telegraphs to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, requesting to give information to the Superintendent of the Central Telegraph and the Meteorological Office whenever the tracing indicates magnetic disturbances until the end of February 1903.

This is a letter from the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director General of Indian Observatories, stating that the midnight telegraphic signal did not reach me until some time after the date on which they were to be sent.

The letter informs about the visit of Mr. Seshachar to the Kodaikanal Observatory during January and February of 1921. The Director General of Observatories asked Thomas Royds to make proper arrangements for the visitor. The visit of Evreshed to Lahore for the adjustment of specific astronomical instruments in the Observatory has also been mentioned.

The letter is from the Director General of Observatories to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding the test observation that is not satisfactory, hence asking the director to spend more time verifying the instruments.

The letter is from Director General of Observatories to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding earthquake record.

The letter is written by Gilbert Thomas to Charles Michie Smith, in which he assumed that Michie Smith meant by saying "at our expense" that the Periyakulam Observer's house was built by the Public Works Department and charged to the Government of India, just like the houses of the staff at Kodaikanal. If so, Thomas requests Michie Smith to ask the PWD to dispose of the house and credit the amount to the Imperial funds. He also mentioned that the money wouldn't be available for their use, even if they were to sell it. And it's the responsibility of the Public Works Department to dispose of it.