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 letter was about the retirement of C. M. Smith as a special temporary officer in this observatory on the afternoon of the 31st March 1911.

This letter from Mr.L.M.Jacob, CSI, Secretary to the government of India, Public works department to the secretary to the Government of Madras,Bombay,Bengal, Punjab, Burma,the united provinces of Agra and Oudh, the chief minister of the central provinces, the chief commissioner of coorg and so on. The letter is about electrical installations in government residential buildings.

The letter was informing about Dr.Walker has written to the Minister of Finance asking about some spare lenses that they have with a view in borrowing them for use in Kasmir. It informs Evershed the type of lens that could be borrowed till the time.

The letter was about discussion on Schwarzehildd calculation for gravitational field round a small particle.

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.

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

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 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.

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.