Correspondence between the Avicultural Society and George Soper Cansdale regarding an invitation for Cansdale and his wife to attended the nineteenth Meeting and Dinner of the British Aviculturists' Club, and ten Blue Masked Lovebirds that had arrived from the San Diego Zoo
Correspondence between Airlines and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the shipment of a box of snakes to the Zoological Society of London, stuffed specimens of panda from Echwan Universities, and information about a regular air cargo service between London and the United States of America
Correspondence between J Aistrop and George Soper Cansdale regarding an offer to bring a pair of Scarlet Ibis from America to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence with Philadelphia Zoo regarding the transport of snakes and the breeding of Tarsiers
Letter from J Van Denburgh of the California Academy of Sciences, regarding publications of Joan Procter and Mr Boulenger which she sent to him
Letters from P L Strachan of the Colonial Civil Service regarding his arrival in Sierra Leone, having been shipwrecked on 'the West India Islands', the deaths of the five African Woodcocks that he was bringing, the survival of a large scorpion (which may have accompanied the letter, a shipment of alligators and a mud turtle. Also comments that Bennett had not mentioned Mr Actin Governor ole and his brother having been admitted as Fellows
Letters from Spencer Fullerton Baird of Washington to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding ornithology
Letters from William Henry Huxley to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding alligators of North America and other matters
Correspondence between Bristol Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a collection from Philadelphia for the Zoological Society of London, a pair of Husky Dogs for Bristol Zoo, the transfer of surplus animals from Alabi, By-Laws of the Zoological Society of London, import licences, a shipment of raccoons, a Duiker onboard Ocean Fame for the Zoological Society of London, an order for a pair of Sea Lions, information on staff salary scales, a Serval Cat donated by Manchester Zoo and pathological information regarding primary amyloidosis
Correspondence between Chicago Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a request for Hedgehogs and other animals at Chicago Zoo, and the exchange of animals with the Zoological Society of London