The office order was about the temporary promotion of Thomas Royds and A. A. Narayana Ayyar. Due to the absence of John Evershed, Director of Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal, The Assistant Director, Thomas Royds, was appointed as Acting Director, and The first Assistant, A. A. Narayana Ayyar, as The Acting Assistant Director. The order was sent from Simla in 1920.

The item is a memorandum to the meteorological observer, informing them to keep observation notebooks and calculation books for coding the daily weather telegram for only two years and to destroy those for the third preceding year.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

The letter contains details about Thomas Royds' enrollment in the Indian Army Officers Reserve.