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Correspondence between Toronto Zoo and George Soper Cansdale regarding the Lord Chamberlain providing the Zoological Society of London with a pair of King's Swans from the River Thames, which were then sent to Toronto Zoo in exchange for Beavers. Also other exchanges between Toronto Zoo and the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between G Kenneth Whitehead and George Soper Cansdale regarding the stock of Muntjac at London and Whipsnade Zoos

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

Letters from Higginson and Vigors to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the proposed Regent's Canal Railway

Letters from Thomas Hillier to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding complaints made about the nuisance arising from the drainage of the gardens of the Zoological Society of London into Regent's Canal

Letters from J & R Kemp and Co to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding Regent's Canal City and Docks Railway Bill

Letters from William Saville Kent of the Museum and Institute of Pisciculture Society Limited, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the establishment of a marine observatory and laboratory in connection with the Brighton Aquarium, his appointment as Inspector of Fisheries to the Government of Tasmania, his application to become a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, his inspection of the fish house, enquiries about the vacant post of Prosector, and a proposed British Zoological Station for the study of marine animals and plats with relation to the advancement of the sciences of biology and economic pisciculture

Letters from North Metropolitan Railway and Canal Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding drainage from the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London into Regent's Canal

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

Correspondence between the Ministry of Agriculture and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding licences for the movement of animals to the Sanatorium and Quarantine Stations in the Zoological Gardens, a Vicunuas infected with sarcoptic mange, the importation of dogs and cats, animals shipped by the SS Arakaka, the detention of foxes in the Mammal House, the purchase of African Weaver Finches and Leopard cubs on board the warship Victorious