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

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 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 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

Letter regarding a Bill of Lading for the wild animals shipped to the Zoological Society of London per S.S. City of Calcutta

Letter regarding an order of 4 Pythons, 6 Bengal Monitors and 50 Rhesus Monkeys by the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the Zoological Gardens in Alipore, Calcutta, offering temporary housing to animals being sent to the Zoological Society of London, including a pair of panther cubs

Correspondence with Khan Wild Animal Farm regarding the supply of animals, such as two Royal Bengal Tiger Cubs which were sent to Dudley Zoological Society

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the exchange of animals between Calcutta Zoo and the Zoological Society of London