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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

Suggestions by Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the release of news from the Zoo

Report of the Assistant Treasurer of the Zoological Society of London to the War Emergency Committee

Report on the Fresh-Water Hall, Sea-Water Hall and Tropical Hall of the Aquarium to the War Emergency Committee

Letter to Fellows of the Zoological Society of London regarding the grave problems faced by the Society after the outbreak of war

Reports on the suggested opening of the gardens to the public on Sundays, a report by the Assistant Treasurer on the suggestion that the Gardens might be open to the public by payment on Sundays, either for the whole day or part the day, and a report on a war time scheme for horticulture, agriculture, pig and poultry keeping at Whipsnade and Regent's Park

Report on the revision of the by-laws of the Zoological Society of London by the Assistant Treasurer

Suggestions by the the Assistant Treasurer for consideration at the December Council of the Zoological Society of London, regarding the Annual Report, accounts and lists of Fellows

Paper relating to Julian Sorell Huxley's appointment as Secretary of the Zoological Society of London, including letters from Peter Chalmers Mitchell, questions to be put to candidates by the President at a meeting of the Council and a draft report of the Secretaryship Committee

Huxley was elected Secretary of ZSL in 1935. By 1940 he had come into conflict with the ZSL Council and some of the Fellows. He resigned in August 1942, as he had associated himself with the 'Informal Committee' opposing the Council. The papers here are about this 'Huxley Controversy