Letter regarding a specimen of a dead adder which was shipped on board the 'City of Poona' from Adelaide
Correspondence between Dr K S Morris and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of fish sent by Dr Morris to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between the Colonial Office and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of tropical live fish from Antigua for the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Carl Hagenbeck and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of Redbreasted Geese to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between David Turnball-Simpson and George Soper Cansdale regarding negatives of Winnie the Bear, the shipping of a Great Dane and a dispatch of animals from Tehran
Papers relating to meetings of the Transport of Animals Committee
Paul Belloni du Chaillu to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of animals he sent to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Edward Blyth and David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Charles Augustus Murray to David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London from Egypt, with receipts
Correspondence to and about David William Mitchell regarding royal personages of the Zoological Society of London, shipments of birds, an arrangement with Mr Henry Beale for the conveyance and delivery of Greyhounds and Deerhounds, the Refreshment Rooms, a testimonial for Louis Fraser, the shipment of a Trigress and a Lion, bills of the Zoological Society of London, the estate of David William Mitchell, notes of a committee appointed to examine the state of the accounts between David William Mitchell and the Society, particulars of money due from the executors, and amount of claim against his estate