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Correspondence between the Department of Mines & Resources in Canada and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of two bull bison for London Zoo

Correspondence between P E Mensah and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding shipments of animals to be sent to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Charles Wharton and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a shipment of Tarsiers to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Carl Hagenbeck and George Soper Cansdale regarding whether animals that had been shipped to London on loan, could be replaced or returned to Hagenbeck before expiration of the three years stipulated

Correspondence regarding the importation of wild animals and birds from Abyssinia including Gelada Baboons and Royal Starlings

Letters from William Heame regarding the arrival of the Brig 'Adak' at London Docks with a Hawksbill Turtle, 2 Land Tortoises, 1 male ditto, 1 Pigeon, 6 Doves and a flamingo which is supposed to be dead and only a skin. Also speaks of the arrival of his display cabinet and asks the Zoological Society of London to select and withdraw all the insects they desire from drawers of his in their possession

Letters from R J Lowe regarding casks of fish sent to the Zoological Society of London and what he regards as a new species which he names Alepisaurus

4 letters from unknown authors to David William Mitchell regarding membership of the Zoological Society of London, a large blood hound for the Society and the transportation of animals

Correspondence between J R Davis and Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of the elephant and Burmese Bronzes

Letters from C Reiche to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transportation of a sealion and a pair of ostriches to the Zoological Society of London