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 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.

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.

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 a request to send weekly note to Calcutta containing meteorological determination from the wireless signal in the same form as Calcutta wires to the meteorological department, Madras.