Letters from Hartmann W Just to Philip Lutley Sclater, and a draft reply, regarding the transportation of a giraffe for the Queen
Letters from Sir Edward Gray to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an exchange of animals with the Zoological Society of London, transporting eland from South Africa, and the offer of a hybrid between a British Pintail and a Wigeon
Letters from Arthur Grote to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a shipment of birds
Correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Sheffield Airey Neave regarding the restocking of London Zoo and the activities of Edgar Taylor
Correspondence, permits, accounts, bill of entry, cartage and shipping warrant regarding the export of six stanley cranes to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between the Zoological Garden in Alipore and the Zoological Society of London regarding a collection for the Society being shipped from Colombo to Calcutta by Mr Osman Hill
Correspondence between Edward Blyth and David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Charles Augustus Murray to David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London from Egypt, with receipts
Correspondence to and about David William Mitchell regarding royal personages of the Zoological Society of London, shipments of birds, an arrangement with Mr Henry Beale for the conveyance and delivery of Greyhounds and Deerhounds, the Refreshment Rooms, a testimonial for Louis Fraser, the shipment of a Trigress and a Lion, bills of the Zoological Society of London, the estate of David William Mitchell, notes of a committee appointed to examine the state of the accounts between David William Mitchell and the Society, particulars of money due from the executors, and amount of claim against his estate
Letters from Sir Robert Ker Porter in Caracas thanking Bennett for the his letter and Proceedings of the Society's committees, the good health of a tapir, a bear belonging to a resident in Caracas, a bird called Curapoas (or Forvies), the shipment of a Capuchin Monkey, 'a very curious little animals of the weasel kind, and six land tortoises by the Brig 'Pedraza', a consignment he received save for the weasel which was washed overboard, and descriptions of the consignment in the 'Pedraza'