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Letter from H C James to David William Mitchell regarding his dispatch to Calcutta from Darjeeling, and birds that are destined for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding posts open at the Foreign Office for the consular department, the Kilimanjaro Expedition, papers on birds, mammals and insects from Kilimanjaro, medals to be awarded for services to zoology, animals and specimens sent by Mr Johnston to the Zoological Society of London, drawings of animals, a visit to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London by the Katikiro of Uganda and his party, and his election as a member of the Council and attendance at meetings, and the Zoological Club

Letters from Sir John Graham Kerr to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding lists of birds, his degree course, his collection of birds, and papers

Correspondence with Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson regarding the Secretaryship and the need for an Honorary Secretary, the replacement of the term Superintendent with Director, Scientific Meetings, Scientific Fellowship, the naming of Vice-Presidents of the Zoological Society of London, statements to the press, committees, the stocking of antelopes, a grant from the Nuffield Foundation to maintain a Nuffield Unit of Tropical Animal Ecology at Cambridge, a memorandum by Landsborough Thomson on the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves and the Council for Nature, a memorandum on a Fresh Proposal for Integration of Conservation Bodies, and the introduction of an oceanarium at London Zoo

Letter to David Seth Smith to put on record that the Council of the Zoological Society of London wishes consultation to take place between the Superintendent, Curator of Mammals and Birds, and the Assistant Treasurer regarding expenses

Correspondence between Richard M Lockley of The Pembrokeshire Bird Protection Society and Julian Sorell Huxley requesting permission to nominate Huxley as Vice-President

Letters from Clements Robert Markham, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding permission for his cousin to take photographs in the gardens of the Zoological Society of London, a request to review Eastern Persia for the Geographical Magazine, Sclater's membership of the Geographical Society, a representation to the government with a view to the exploration of the North Pole region, the Spitsbergen bird, and an order for his wife and himself to see their dogs at the gardens

Letter from N Melton to David William Mitchell regarding a shipment of crown birds, a monkey and a scotchman bird for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from the Zoological Society of London to the Ministry of Food regarding requirements of fish for the feeding of the sea-lions and fish-eating birds

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