Correspondence between Elder Dempster Lines and George Soper Cansdale regarding collecting fish for the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between G Fitzgerald-Lee and George Soper Cansdale regarding the Hughes Expedition and an offer to sell a female African Pygmy Hippopotamus to 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 G Izzard and George Soper Cansdale regarding an offer of African Hairless Dogs and Wild Hogs 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
Letter from W Drewett to Edward Turner Bennett regarding a few parrots and two pairs of Egyptian Geese that he has been able to buy. If the Zoological Society of London could spare a crowned crane, the Council would like to have one
Letters from John Gould regarding a Zebra that was exhibiting signs of tetanus, the request of a salary of £50 for the new arrangement by the Museum Committee, an expedition to collect specimens for the Zoological Society of London and several gifts to the Society
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'
Letter from Allan, Deffell & Co. to David William Mitchell requesting assistance for Mr James Thompson and a collection of birds and some quadrapeds
Correspondence between Edward Blyth and David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the Zoological Society of London