A letter from the Establishments Officer regarding arrangements for 4 canvases to be removed from the ZSL's premises, transported, cleaned and returned. Includes reference to the Nubian Giraffe painting to be displayed at the Romantic Movement Exhibition
Letter from the Superintendent to Mr Temperton regarding orders and locations of sand bags
Letter to Mr Westwood of the Transport Department from the Superintendent regarding the collection of food waste for the pigs
Letter to Mr Searling to thank him for capturing a straying Tasmanian Devil and returning him
Letter to all Curators regarding the decision by the Estimates Committee to impose stringent control with regard to all expenditure
Dear Buckland
I am sorry I cannot meet your German as I have others beside Mrs Holmes to breakfast with me.
Yours ever
[PBD?]
Tallyrand
In mind oblique, in form misshapen How many storms he stirred [?] [?]
Here lies Tallyrand
The subtle and grand
And when he died
The Devil cried
Ah Tallyrand
give us a hand
Letter to David Seth Smith to put on record that the Council of the Zoological Society of London wishes consultation to take place between the Superintendent, Curator of Mammals and Birds, and the Assistant Treasurer regarding expenses
Letter from the Secretary to E Paice regarding a complaint about the noise of the animals in the Zoological Gardens
Letter to Fellows of the Zoological Society of London regarding the grave problems faced by the Society after the outbreak of war