Correspondence between Auckland Zoo and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of Keas to the Zoological Society of London. Also, a paper by the City of Auckland on Conditions of Appointment of Curator, Auckland Zoological Park

Letter regarding documents relating to the animals shipped on the 'City of Kimberley' in July 1947

Letter regarding a specimen of a dead adder which was shipped on board the 'City of Poona' from Adelaide

Correspondence between Dr K S Morris and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of fish sent by Dr Morris to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between the Colonial Office and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of tropical live fish from Antigua for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Carl Hagenbeck and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of Redbreasted Geese to the Zoological Society of London

Papers relating to meetings of the Transport of Animals Committee

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

Correspondence between Charles Alexander and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the supply of Australian birds to the Zoological Society of London