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Correspondence between the North of England Zoological Society and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding obtaining an Import Licence for Chester Zoological Gardens, and an exchange of Alligators and Crocodiles for Gourami Fish

Letters from Richard Owen regarding remarks on Bennett's edition of White's Natural History of Selborne, proofs of Bennett's paper with appreciation of his opinion on the value of Ousimile on Macr. Porryi, additions and alterations to notes on Hyrax, his omitted note of the salivary bags of the Armadillo from the written report of its dissection, MS of Clavagella, plans of the Monkey House and whether it is heated by hot air or steam, arrangements at the Garden to facilitate repetition and extension of experiments by Mr Hunter in 1725/6/7 to determine the relations subsisting between Wolf, Jackall and Dog, examination of 'your little feli-viverrine quadruped, bones of Touraco and drawings of Terebratala for the Zoological Society of London, East India Goats for sale by Mr Evans Riadone, an introduction to Mr Meade, a senior student at St Bartholomew's and a comparative anatomist and articulator of skeletons who wished to become a candidate for the College of Surgeons curatorship, and a request for Bennett to check a reference to 'Zoologie de la Caquille'

Correspondence between Paignton Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding exhibits for Paignton Zoo from Carl Hagenbeck's Zoo

Correspondence between Albert Pam and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding plans for the new Elephant House and meetings of the Lay-Out Committee

Correspondence with Captain C R S Pittman regarding the establishment of a herd of Watussi Cattle at Whipsnade

Letters from Henry Pollock to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding Brighton Aquarium and the validity of proxies at the general meetings of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Count Arnoldo Girolamo Povoleri, formerly Arnold Harris Mathew, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of land at Brighton for a zoological garden

Letter regarding a decision not to move the wolves at Whipsnade and to cut the tops out of dangerous conifers in the Wolf Wood. Also a list of implements belonging to the Gardening Department at Whipsnade

Correspondence between Julian Sorell Huxley and Stanley Reed regarding The Maharajah of Bhavnagar, plans for a new Elephant House at the London Zoological Gardens and a a request for a financial contribution from The Maharajah

Letter from Regent's Canal City and Docks Railway to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding Regent's Canal