Letters from Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, of the Jardin Zoologique D'Acclimatation to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding matters including the transport of kangaroos and birds to be sent to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Grindlay and Co to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of animals and birds from Calcutta

Correspondence with Rear-Admiral Christopher Bonham-Carter animals to be collected from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Iran, a request for otters and admission prices for students

Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of a joint residential estate, extracts read at meetings of the Zoological Society of London, papers for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and Natural Science, his publication on 'Monkeys - their structure, affinities and distribution', a shipment of birds for the Society, improvements to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, notes on the Umbrella Bird, his election as a Fellow, papers on marine mammals, opinions on theories by Darwin, Birds of Paradise, and a list of butterflies of Costa Rica

Papers relating to meetings of the Transport of Animals Committee

Letter from the Secretary to Major Stanley Flower, Vice-President of the Zoological Society of London, regarding his agreement to be the Chairman of the Transport of Animals Committee

Correspondence with Viscount Head regarding the transport of a Gibbon to Lagos, and Chimpanzees and Swans to Kuala Lumpur

Correspondence between Carl Hagenbeck and George Soper Cansdale regarding whether animals that had been shipped to London on loan, could be replaced or returned to Hagenbeck before expiration of the three years stipulated

Correspondence between Boon Vanit Company Ltd and George Soper Cansdale regarding the importation of animals from Siam for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Carr Hartley and George Soper Cansdale regarding the collecting and sale of animals from Kenya