Letters from Alexander Miller of the Zoological Gardens regarding a Chinese Pheasant which escaped and had been running in Park Street, Camden Town, an escape from the Dove House, the removal of an oak fence on the southern boundary, the health of a Rhinoceros, the Society's Cashmere Goat, his visit to City Road Basin, the purchase of a Chimpanzee, a visit by the Queen to the Gardens, a stillborn Rhesus Monkey, dimensions of the back of a new den for the Elephant and Rhinoceros, the cost of laying the floor of the Elephant and Rhinoceros House, the death of a Chimpanzee and the return of John Woodbridge with Cranes and Leopards
Correspondence between C L Reid and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of a female chimpanzee called Jenny to the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Lionel Walter Rothschild to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding the preparation of food for Rheas and Emus and agreeing that Mr Boulanger can take the Chimpanzee home
Correspondence between Roura & Forgass Ltd and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of two young Chimpanzees from the French Gabon to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between the Societe Royale de Zoologie D'Anvers in Antwerp and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a lioness called Raie which was sent by the Zoological Society of London, and a Chimpanzee which was sent by the Societe Royale de Zoologie D'Anvers to the Zoological Society of London
Letter from E Verey to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a young gorilla and chimpanzee which were available to purchase by the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between the Zoological Garden in Alipore and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding specimens collected by Mr Frost, and a request for Chimpanzees and a Pigmy Hippopotamus