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Letters from Morton Allport to Philip Lutley Sclater about the introduction of salmon to the waters of Tasmania

Correspondence with Sir Lawrence Bragg of the Royal Institution regarding discourses at the Institution on 'Fisheries Research and International Collaboration' and ''Mirrors' of Fishes''

Letters from F N Buckley about the progress of a manuscript on fish. The printer is bankrupt and the type was being put up for auction. My Gray's part had been set up for many months and was ready for printing if pagination could be arranged

Letters from Francis Trevelyan Buckland of the Salmon Fisheries Office, to Philip Lutley Sclater

Memorandum by the Secretary regarding the care of animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, etc) in transport

Memorandum by the Secretary on the care of animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, etc) in transport

David William Mitchell was a zoologist and illustrator. He was responsible for the construction of the fish house - the first public aquarium - in 1853. He was ZSL Secretary from 1847-1859.

Letter from the Zoological Society of London thanking G W Grabham for his assistance in organising the supply of Madeira fish

Letters from J B Harvey providing a list of specimens of fish and shells that he collected. He appreciates his election as corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London and encloses varieties of concology from Devonshire. He encloses a few more specimens and expects to commence dredging shortly. He asks for information as to the best means for preservation

Letters from William Saville Kent of the Museum and Institute of Pisciculture Society Limited, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the establishment of a marine observatory and laboratory in connection with the Brighton Aquarium, his appointment as Inspector of Fisheries to the Government of Tasmania, his application to become a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, his inspection of the fish house, enquiries about the vacant post of Prosector, and a proposed British Zoological Station for the study of marine animals and plats with relation to the advancement of the sciences of biology and economic pisciculture