Correspondence regarding the distribution of Cape publications by the Astronomer Royal at the Cape to various individuals, other observatories and universities. There is also correspondence concerning the sending of copies of the volumes to the Cape, 16 October 1903 - 25 February 1916, with a distribution list for the publications prepared by David Gill. There is a separate section on the binding of the Cape heliometer observations, 1881-1883, and the purchase of books and publications for the Cape Observatory Library.