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Correspondence between P M Burton and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a young Monkey, three Chameleons, a Python and a Boa Constrictor for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between John K Irons and George Soper Cansdale regarding an offer of monkeys to the Zoological Society of London, including Red Colobus, Patas Green and Anubis Baboon

Report by the Zoological Society of London on the Michael Sobell Pavilions for Apes and Monkeys

Report by G M Vevers on his visit to Carl Hagenbeck's Animal Park at Stellingen, with a drawing of Monkey Hill at Stellingen

Correspondence with the collector B L Mitchell regarding animals to be collected from Nyasaland for the Zoological Society of London, including Vervet Monkeys, Jackal cubs, Martial Hawk Eagle, Pangolins and Bush Babies

Correspondence with G C Sauvage regarding animals for sale including Sitentunga, Reticulated Giraffes, a Brazza Monkey, Waterbuck, Vultures, Gazelles and Canaries

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 Sir Robert Ker Porter in Caracas thanking Bennett for the his letter and Proceedings of the Society's committees, the good health of a tapir, a bear belonging to a resident in Caracas, a bird called Curapoas (or Forvies), the shipment of a Capuchin Monkey, 'a very curious little animals of the weasel kind, and six land tortoises by the Brig 'Pedraza', a consignment he received save for the weasel which was washed overboard, and descriptions of the consignment in the 'Pedraza'

Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of a joint residential estate, extracts read at meetings of the Zoological Society of London, papers for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and Natural Science, his publication on 'Monkeys - their structure, affinities and distribution', a shipment of birds for the Society, improvements to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, notes on the Umbrella Bird, his election as a Fellow, papers on marine mammals, opinions on theories by Darwin, Birds of Paradise, and a list of butterflies of Costa Rica