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Letters from P L Strachan of the Colonial Civil Service regarding his arrival in Sierra Leone, having been shipwrecked on 'the West India Islands', the deaths of the five African Woodcocks that he was bringing, the survival of a large scorpion (which may have accompanied the letter, a shipment of alligators and a mud turtle. Also comments that Bennett had not mentioned Mr Actin Governor ole and his brother having been admitted as Fellows

Correspondence regarding the importation of wild animals and birds from Abyssinia including Gelada Baboons and Royal Starlings

Letter from Arthur Loveridge of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, to Joan Procter regarding a shipment of reptiles for London Zoo

Correspondence between T R Beckett and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a collection of animals from Nigeria to be given to the Zoological Society of London, including Ostriches, Cranes and Marabous

Correspondence between Bombay Natural History Society and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the import of animals to the Zoological Society of Great Britain, including a Sloth Bear Cubs and Snakes

Correspondence between the British Overseas Airways Corporation and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding Customs Exemptions for the import of reptiles from Takoradi, Nyasa and Akimoda to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Anthony Chaplin and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the import of animals from France to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Winston Churchill and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the shipment of two White Kangaroos to the Zoological Society of London on board the Rivercrest and arrangements for Black Swans to go to Chartwell

Correspondence between B J Iken and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an attempt to ship animals belonging to a Mrs Taylor in Nigeria, to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Mr Ritchie and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the collecting of animals from Nairobi for the Zoological Society of London, including Chameleons, Rhampholeons, Hippos and Giraffes