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 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

Letter from Cox & Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding subscriptions for officers with their regiment in India

Correspondence between Leslie Martin Flewin and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding collecting animals in India for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Wilfred C Frost and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding requests for animals from India for the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Charles Downes Manning to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding offering his assistance to the Zoological Society of London during his service in India

Letter from W Masters to Joseph Sabine at Bruton Street regarding a present received by Canterbury Museum from S R Lushington, recently returned from India, comprising of 2 Hunt Leopards, 1 Royal Tiger and 2 Black Monkeys. They are currently in the West Indies Docks. The Museum has no facilities for handling them and asks to send for the animals to Regent's Park

Correspondence between Mr Fish, Librarian of the Zoological Society of London, and the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment and the India Office Library and Records regarding research into Henry Jones

Letters from James Thompson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of items for an expedition to India

Letters from the United Planters Association of Southern India to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding attempts to introduce appropriate varieties of Ladybirds from Australia for the extermination of certain scale pests