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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 Baring Brothers and Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the arrival of the ship Renshaw at St Katharine's Docks with the animals shipped by Mr Du Chaillu

Letters from Grindlay and Co to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of animals and birds from Calcutta

Letters from Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, of the Jardin Zoologique D'Acclimatation to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding matters including the transport of kangaroos and birds to be sent to the Zoological Society of London

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

Correspondence with Rear-Admiral Christopher Bonham-Carter animals to be collected from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Iran, a request for otters and admission prices for students

Correspondence with Viscount Head regarding the transport of a Gibbon to Lagos, and Chimpanzees and Swans to Kuala Lumpur

Correspondence regarding the transportation of a Guiana Cylinder Snake and a Hosewhip Snake from Plantation Diamond

Correspondence with Philadelphia Zoo regarding the transport of snakes and the breeding of Tarsiers

Correspondence with the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland regarding the transportation of part of the brain of a Canada Lynx to the Zoological Society of London, the transportation of cormorants, and the use of copper sulphate to keep Sea Lion ponds free from algae