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Letters from F N Buckley about the progress of a manuscript on fish. The printer is bankrupt and the type was being put up for auction. My Gray's part had been set up for many months and was ready for printing if pagination could be arranged

Letters from J B Harvey providing a list of specimens of fish and shells that he collected. He appreciates his election as corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London and encloses varieties of concology from Devonshire. He encloses a few more specimens and expects to commence dredging shortly. He asks for information as to the best means for preservation

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

Letter from Joseph Miller to present 'the Gentleman who belongs to the Zoological Society and whose name he cannot at this moment call to mind - a Lobster...if he thinks it worth his acceptance. If he has any time a ticket or two to spare he and his family, which are numerous, to see the gardens if he thinks them deserving of them.' He will be glad to provide any curious fish to the Society

Letter from M Swainson regarding the collection of fish purchased from the Zoological Society of London from the museum of Mr Guilding