Letter to Ganpat Rao Gaekwad, Guicowar of Baroda, from the Zoological Society of London to acknowledge the safe arrival of a pair of tigers

Files relating to a trip Thompson took to Calcutta to bring back animals. Includes finances, bills and a brief diary.

Bound volume contains payments by the Zoological Society of London to James Thompson for disbursement of cash in connection with his mission to India, with a bundle of receipts

Bills and receipts received by James Thompson in relation to his mission to Calcutta

A collection of papers mainly relating to the herpetology of Hong Kong, including a typewritten papers entitled 'Notes on the Geckos of Hong Kong', a series of black and white photographs (plus negatives) showing a Hong Kong landscape with accompanying notes detailing the collection of herpetological specimens, a list of reptile and amphibian specimens in Romer's collection, two colour photographs and accompanying sketch of a turtle (Trionyx steindachneri), and Romer's curriculum vitae

Black and white photographs of 'unusually coloured cobras' (Naja naja) in captivity in Hong Kong, dated 21 December 1979 and 12 January 1980

Black and white negatives of landscape views of Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong, dated 8 December 1979 and 2 December 1980, illustrating herpetofauna habitats

Black and white photographs of the landscape of Tai Mo Shan and Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, illustrating herpetofauna habitats

Colour negatives of various views of Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, dated 1975, 6 March 1977, 12 March 1977, 13 March 1977