Letters from C J Battersby, of the British Museum (Natural History), regarding Dr Smith's specimens, the feeding of snakes, papers bought for Joan Procter, and Christmas greetings

Correspondence between the British Museum (Natural History) and Sheffield Airey Neave regarding delegates to the Conference on Nature Preservation in Post-War Reconstruction, and a meeting of the Council

Correspondence between British Museum (Natural History) and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a report of a Black-Headed Gull to the Bird-Ringing Committee at the British Museum of Natural History, articles on Okapi by Reginald Innes Pocock, an account of the baby Dendrohyrax by Cecil Stanley Webb , Antarctic Seals, skins and skulls of small carnivores, the fox which the Zoological Society of London received from Tel Aviv Gardens, an exhibition of Tree Hyraxes, exhibits for Major Cottam, donations of specimens to the British Museum (Natural History), mongoose skins, Tangier Smith's location in Sze Chuan to locate the original Pandas, the release of Kodiak Bears at Whipsnade Zoo, publications by Doubleday on the Giant Panda, rings for a Golden Eagle from the Bird-Ringing Committee, the species of Monkey from Northern Nigeria, a Leopard from the Himalayas, measurements of the Kodiak Bears called Kam and Schatka at Whipsnade, and a donation of Hedgehogs to the USA

Report on the status and operation of the British Museum (Natural History), and damage suffered as a result of enemy action

Letter from Edward Burton to say that he has discovered changes to a specimen on which he had prepared a draft paper. He suggests change of scientific name accordingly

Letters from Arthur Gardiner Butler to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding attendance at committee meetings and illustrations for publications

Letter from Philip Hermogenes Calderon to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting a card permitting his son, William Francis Calderon, to sketch lions and leopards at the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Sir George Clerk to David William Mitchell regarding the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the purchase of a museum collection of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from John Collier to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding permission to paint in the Zoological Gardens