Volume titled 'A. Establishment External 1900-1906’, containing correspondence regarding the operations of the Cape Observatory. A typed index at the beginning lists the following sections: the Herschel Obelisk, 1834-1905 (preceded by a 22-page typed index); Official Instructions from the Admiralty; Reports to the Admiralty; Leave of Absence to Her Majesty's Astronomer; Appointments and Resignation of Assistants; Hydrographer; Commander-in-Chief,... Simon's Town; Money and other Grants, Salaries, etc.; Resignation of Her Majesty's Astronomer; Estimates; and Miscellaneous. There is a great deal of correspondence on the subject of computers' pay and allowances. Pencil annotations are the archivist's.