Letter from G O Wooler saying that he had come up from Wolsingham to see his son Joseph, who had been in Bombay and had brought back a Black Dog (domesticated in Bombay although of the species Parish - wild dog). He considers that it is what Captain Williams calls a Dhole, which usually go in packs
Letter to Ganpat Rao Gaekwad, Guicowar of Baroda, from the Zoological Society of London to acknowledge the safe arrival of a pair of tigers
Papers and correspondence relating to F C Akhurst's visit to Singapore to establish the Van Keef Aquarium
Letter from Cox & Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding subscriptions for officers with their regiment in India
Letters from Thomas George Baring to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Zoological Gardens at Calcutta
Letter from William T Fraser to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the existence of the rhinoceros in Borneo
Letters from James Thompson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of items for an expedition to India
Letters from John Anderson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Indian Museum in Calcutta
Letter from Charles Downes Manning to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding offering his assistance to the Zoological Society of London during his service in India
Letters from Alec Douglas-Home of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, regarding the offer of Pere David Deer to China