Letter from W Masters to Joseph Sabine at Bruton Street regarding a present received by Canterbury Museum from S R Lushington, recently returned from India, comprising of 2 Hunt Leopards, 1 Royal Tiger and 2 Black Monkeys. They are currently in the West Indies Docks. The Museum has no facilities for handling them and asks to send for the animals to Regent's Park
Copy of a letter from Earl Charles John Canning to Colonel Phipps regarding birds in Calcutta and an expedition by an agent of the Zoological Society of London
Letter from the Conservator of Forests in Assam to the Divisional Forest Officer, Sibsagar Division regarding arrangements for catching a Rhino to be dispatched to the Zoological Gardens in Alipore on behalf of the Zoological Society of London
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
Letter regarding an order of 4 Pythons, 6 Bengal Monitors and 50 Rhesus Monkeys by the Zoological Society of London
Letter to Ganpat Rao Gaekwad, Guicowar of Baroda, from the Zoological Society of London to acknowledge the safe arrival of a pair of tigers
Letter from Cox & Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding subscriptions for officers with their regiment in India
Letter from Charles Downes Manning to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding offering his assistance to the Zoological Society of London during his service in India
Letter regarding a Bill of Lading for the wild animals shipped to the Zoological Society of London per S.S. City of Calcutta