Letters from William Rees in Brutentt regarding the arrival of three camels and four ostriches which arrived in good condition, and a payment of £30 from Mr Cross's secretary for the ostrich delivered to him the day before. Also, Mr Cross had a male Ling Ling and a female Virginian Deer which he wished to exchange
Letters from Edmund Ruppell, a German citizen from Frankfort, giving appreciation for receipt of his diploma as a foreign member of the Zoological Society of London, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, comments on his discoveries such as a new variety of Gasteropod, a list of mammals and birds 'our museum wishes to get from England' receipt of the 1934 Proceedings, the first volume of museum catalogue, and his wish to complete the exchange
Letters from W J Schalabear from Havanna regarding explanatory sketches to illustrate the paper showing the economy of the genus Urania, two species of lizards he thought to be Ptyodactylus but look like Spheriodactylus, and the death of a man in Havanna called Douglas who was sent to collect specimens for Dr Hooker but contracted fever (the British Consul had what specimens he had collected)
Letters from Daniel Sharpe regarding his voyage to Lisbon and the Zoological Society of London
Letter from Richard Taylor to Edward Turner Bennett to assure him that he will be at the Royal Institution to assume the duties of Scrutineer
Letter from the Secretary of the United Services Museum, accompanying two specimens of birds killed in Mexico and of a Scoter killed at Southampton. The letter asks the Zoological Society of London to inspect and return them
Letter from H Woods who says he spoke to Wombwell (a dealer in Commercial Road) about the kangaroo. He would be satisfied with the female and would give an equivalent. He had his eye on a bear in the corner on the left of the elephants. He encloses a drawing of the head of the bear but the den was too dark to see it distinctly
Letter from G O Wooler saying that he had come up from Wolsingham to see his son Joseph, who had been in Bombay and had brought back a Black Dog (domesticated in Bombay although of the species Parish - wild dog). He considers that it is what Captain Williams calls a Dhole, which usually go in packs
Notes and memos including a Report of the Council and Report of the Auditors of the Zoological Society of London read at the Anniversary Meeting, a meeting of naturalists at the British Museum, extracts from letters to Mr Owen, and Edward Turner Bennett's account of Macropus Parryi
Letters from J L Cox regarding the keeping of birds in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London and a donation of animals from a friend for the Society