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Salmon Fisheries Office
4 Old Palace Yard
Westminster
London S.W.

April 7 1875

Your Royal Highness

I beg to enclose you the Preface of my new book which you have kindly allowed me to dedicate to you.
I hope you will approve of the Dedication Page. Kindly make any alterations you may like I have ordered the words which are underlined to be printed in Large letters the same as the words which immediately preceed them. I should be obliged to Your Royal Highness to express your opinion on any other part of the Dedication you would like to be altered.

Yours most
obedient and obliged
Frank Buckland

We hope to go to press with the book immediately

Salmon Fisheries Office
4, Old Palace Yard
Westminster S.W.

July 10th 1875

May it please Your Royal Highness

I am exceedingly obliged to you for your very kind letter received this morning and an more than gratified that Her Majesty the Queen has been good enough to express her approval of my [Report?] It has been I assure you a real pleasure to have been able to enquire into and report upon a question of practical Natural History of this kind. I promise Your Royal Highness not to write a word about it to the Public press - I am very much obliged to you for sending me the Photograph which is of the highest interest to me, you will find the whole matter of Stag horns treated in my new book, a copy of which I hope to send you on Monday or Tuesday. I have received some eggs of the 'pinnated Grouse' or 'Prairie fowl' from Richard Valentine Esq. of Wisconsin, America through the Editor of 'Forest & Stream' New York. I send you half a dozen of these eggs (the others are gone to Mr. Bartlett) and shall feel much obliged to you if you would order them to be placed under a sitting hen immediately. The American letter is dated June the 24th I am therefore afraid that the eggs won't come to much, but never the less it might interest you to see them, and I shall be very obliged if you will give them a trial.
Again thanking you much for all your kindness

I have the honour to remain
Your Royal Highness's Most obedient Servant

Frank Buckland

I trust Your Royal Highness will allow me to conduct you over Brighton Aquarium any day next week or the next

(I believe there next Thursday) and could be at your command

37 Albany St
Regents Park
July 28 1875

Your Royal Highness

I have sent you by tonight's post from Messrs Chapman and Hall a copy of my new book of which I beg your Royal Highness's acceptance. I am highly honoured by Your Royal Highness's acceptance. I am highly honoured by Your Royal Highness allowing me to dedicate this work to you and I trust that both outwardly and inwardly it will meet with your approval - Thanking you much for all your past kindness

I remain
Yours Most
obedient and obliged
Frank Buckland
Inspector of Fisheries

37 Albany St
Regents Park

Sep 14 1875

Your Royal Highness

I have been away again as usual Salmon inspecting. I am so very much obliged for the Venison. It was simply magnificent. I send you copy of my Fisheries report for 1875. Please read page 50 and examine the plans. May I be so bold as to ask Your Royal Highness if you think I might present a copy of my 'Log Book' to Her Majesty and if so what are the proper steps to approach Her Majesty. I should indeed be pleased if I might be allowed to forward a copy. Again thanking Your Royal Highness for the Venison.

Yours most obliged

Frank Buckland

December 3 1875

Your Royal Highness

Allow me to thank you for very much indeed for the three little hedgehogs one big and two little which arrived all right this morning. The little fellows were certainly in a state of hybernation. The big one is quite tame. I think I shall fat him up and eat him on Christmas Day as a speciality.

Yours most obliged

Frank Buckland

Secretary of State and Home Department

Nov 27 1876

Your Royal Highness

I have taken the liberty of sending you some green Bearded Oysters grown by my friends the Messrs Wiseman of Paglesham, Rochford, Essex. These are the green Beards about which I wrote in 'The Times'

The green of the Beard is derived from the [sporales?] of the 'silkweed' a sample of which is enclosed. The Messrs Wiseman and myself wish to introduce them to the London Market. I think you will find them very good. I regret much that I was not able to attend Your Highness' commands at the Fish Museum I was away on duty enquiring into 'Crabs and Lobsters'
Your most
obedient
Frank Buckland

Salmon Fisheries Office
4 Old Palace Yard
Westminster SW

Your Royal Highness

I have taken the liberty of sending you a sample of American oysters which I have just received. They are in a small box forwarded by rail. Those at the top of the box come from Prince Edward Island. Those at the bottom from Chesapeake Bay and are sent by the Smithsonian Institution of Washington.
I have a project with Mr. Pope (one of the great men in Prince Edwards Island) to import large quantities of these Oysters which abound in about the island as food for the British Public. I should like to have your (private) opinion of them both cooked and raw. I have kept some of the Oysters intending to breed from them if possible and establish a breed in England

Yours ever

Frank Buckland

Secretary of State and Home Department

March 24 1877

Your Royal Highness

I am indeed most obliged to you for your very kind present. It is very beautiful and quite apropos to the work I like so much. I shall value it very much and am deeply grateful to you for it. I am looking forward some day next month to show you over the Brighton Aquarium I shall be free after 10 April. I have now [got?] to go to South Wales and Devonshire on Inspection duty I have not forgotten the Cray fish and the Swans.

Yours most obliged

Frank Buckland

Secretary of State and Home Department

27 Jan 1879

37 Albany St
Regents Park

Your Royal Highness

I can not thank you enough for your great kindness in sending me the great curiosity and perfectly unique [?] Stags Foot. It has already been very much admired I have sent for an Artist to make a drawing of it and I will take care that it is properly put up in situ. Having obtained your permission I will put a notice of this strange event in 'Land & Water' I am indeed obliged for your kindness. I beg to enclose a notice we have [?] relative to the Fresh Water Fisheries Act.

Your most obliged

Frank Buckland

Land & Water
Office - 176 Fleet St
London E.C.

Feb 12 1879

37 Albany St

Your Royal Highness

I have had a beautiful drawing of the Deer's leg in situ made, and intended (as you gave me leave) to publish it in this week's Land & Water. On receipt of the drawing from the Keeper I sent for the Artist who said he could make a nice drawing out of it. So with your permission we will wait till both blocks are ready - I have lent the Artist a drawing of a German Red Deer which you saw when you kindly came here - to fill up the details. As regards the foot itself - I sent it to my friend [Rulich?] he is a working German Stuffer the very best in the world he does the work for many of the big shops - He has some splendid things at his place. If you could call I am sure you would be pleased with the heads and horns.
I have been confined to the house with bronchitis and assure you do not like being on the sick list at all.

Your Royal Highness
Most obliged

Frank Buckland