Returns of specimens in the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, including dried specimens of fish and reptiles, mounted mammalia, mounted birds, skulls, skeletons and small collections
Correspondence with the Coryndon Museum regarding the sale of an Ostrich to the Zoological Society of London, and the offer of a Cricetomys and a Hinged Tortoise
Letters from C J Battersby, of the British Museum (Natural History), regarding Dr Smith's specimens, the feeding of snakes, papers bought for Joan Procter, and Christmas greetings
Report of a meeting between the Trustees of the British Museum and the representatives of the Museum Conference of Naturalists, with correspondence, a memorandum on the problem of combining the administrative and technical or scientific direction of National Museums with special reference to the British Museum (Natural History) and papers from meetings
Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum
Letters from Johann Ludwig Gerhard Krefft of the Australian Museum in Sydney, to Philip Lutley Sclater
Letters from Arthur Gardiner Butler to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding attendance at committee meetings and illustrations for publications
Letters from Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema regarding an unmounted lion's skin and a letter in support of an artist being allowed to study in the Zoological Gardens
Minutes also mention the work of William Martin, John Gould, George Waterhouse and Louis Fraser.
Correspondence between Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson and L Harrison Matthews regarding Council Meetings, a proposed educational exhibit, a museum of the Zoological Society of London, the Scientific Fellowship, and the Department of Zoology in Cambridge