Copies of letters regarding the drainage system of the gardens of the Zoological Society into Regent's Canal, with accompanying map
Letters from Abraham Dee Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the doors to the new elephant house, animal food consumption, the female rhinoceros, the mounted specimen of a young gorilla, authorisation to sell Alice the elephant to Mr Barnum, and the theft of an owl
Letters from Gambier Bolton to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding alterations and additions to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London due to the decline in visitors
Letters from Decimus Burton to Edward Turner Bennett regarding his brother's giraffe, the location of the parrot cage, drawings of the museum, the risk of fires, and the meeting of the creditors of the Colosseum
List of costs of major building works undertaken by the Zoological Society of London in the last ten years
Papers on the proposed new Elephant House
Agenda for a special meeting of the Garden Committee on the new Reptile House heating
Memorandum by the Secretary on the garden extension
General notes on the Gorilla House for the newly acquired Gorillas, Moina and Mok
Memorandum by the Secretary on the housing of the gorillas