Correspondence between the Fisheries Office in Hong Kong and George Soper Cansdale regarding the supply of fry and tins to the Zoological Society of London, and a decision not to go forward with a scheme to set up a typical Chinese fish pond as an ecological exhibition at London Zoo

Letters from Sir Francis Lindley to the Zoological Society of London regarding voting in a meeting of the Council. Also an offer to collect crayfish and trout

Letter from the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom to the Zoological Society of London regarding the transportation of six tubes, some flat fish (lemon soles and plaice), a few rays, dogfish and some spider crabs. Also a price list of marine specimens

Report and notes on the normal requirements of fish per day

Correspondence with Sir Lawrence Bragg of the Royal Institution regarding discourses at the Institution on 'Fisheries Research and International Collaboration' and ''Mirrors' of Fishes''

Memorandum by the Secretary on the care of animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, etc) in transport

Secretary of State and Home Department

37 Albany St
Regents Park

Feb 21 1879

Your Royal Highness

The Artist who is drawing the Red Deer has been ill and tells me he can not let me have the blocks for this week's 'Land & Water' he has promised me faithfully for next week. [Rulich?] reports he has made a capital job of the foot in situ on the tree branch. I have written about the Duke of Edinburgh's Pike in L & W tomorrow and hope you will approve
I beg to enclose a copy of a paper I am sending round to the chief Fishing ports on the North and East of England and Scotland, there are about 2800 fishing Smacks in the North Sea.
This is quite a new idea and I hear the Fishermen accept the proposition very kindly and now I beg to place a proposition before your Royal Highness