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Correspondence between L A Taylor and George Soper Cansdale regarding necessary permits for shipping one Beaver and two Pelicans into England

Correspondence between Wilfred Frost and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of birds from New Guinea and Indonesia

Correspondence between Martin Scott and George Soper Cansdale regarding an offer to send animals from Australia to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Erich Socurek and George Soper Cansdale regarding shipments of animals for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from William Heame regarding the arrival of the Brig 'Adak' at London Docks with a Hawksbill Turtle, 2 Land Tortoises, 1 male ditto, 1 Pigeon, 6 Doves and a flamingo which is supposed to be dead and only a skin. Also speaks of the arrival of his display cabinet and asks the Zoological Society of London to select and withdraw all the insects they desire from drawers of his in their possession

Letters from R J Lowe regarding casks of fish sent to the Zoological Society of London and what he regards as a new species which he names Alepisaurus

4 letters from unknown authors to David William Mitchell regarding membership of the Zoological Society of London, a large blood hound for the Society and the transportation of animals

Correspondence between Alan Best and Geoffrey Marr Vevers requesting the collection of animals from the West Coast

Correspondence between Lieutenant Binfield and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a Royal Bengal Tiger offered to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between C Bretell and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer to bring live animals from Kenya to the Zoological Society of London