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

Correspondence American Express and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding animals being shipped to the Zoological Society of London, including mink on board the SS Corrales, a white owl on SS Empire McCullum, a collection of animals aboard the SS Isipingo, a sloth bear cub from Bombay on SS Mantola, five monkeys on SS Isipingo, a bear cub on SS Mantola, animals on SS Deido, kangaroos on SS Rivercrest, animals aboard SS Tarkwa, caotimundis and capybara on SS Arakaka, a leopard on SS Congonia, a bandicoot on SS Brittanic, a shipment on SS Freetown, an ocelot and owl on Arakaka

Letters from John Anderson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Indian Museum in Calcutta

Letters from Thomas George Baring to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Zoological Gardens at Calcutta

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

Correspondence between Lieutenant Binfield and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a Royal Bengal Tiger offered to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Bombay Natural History Society and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the shipment of leopard cubs to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Bombay Natural History Society and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the import of animals to the Zoological Society of Great Britain, including a Sloth Bear Cubs and Snakes

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

Correspondence between the British India Steam Navigations Company Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the shipment of two Leopard cubs from Bombay Natural History Society to the Zoological Society of London