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Letter from Charles Hengler to David William Mitchell regarding elks, moose and deer in his possession

Papers regarding the reintroduction of the milu, or Pere David's deer to China by the Institute of Zoology, World Wildlife Fund and the Ministry of Forestry of the People's Republic of China

Letters from William Rees in Brutentt regarding the arrival of three camels and four ostriches which arrived in good condition, and a payment of £30 from Mr Cross's secretary for the ostrich delivered to him the day before. Also, Mr Cross had a male Ling Ling and a female Virginian Deer which he wished to exchange

Correspondence between Sir William MacGregor Henderson and Solly Zuckerman regarding the Annual Report, the Schwartz photograph of Zuckerman, Zuckerman's second volume of his memoirs, governance of the Zoological Society of London, nominations for Awards, a certificate of Honorary Fellowship for Zuckerman, a luncheon in honour of Lord Zuckerman, a visit by the Chinese Ambassador, and Pere David deer at Woburn

Letters from Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Gunter to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his papers for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Dr Gray's paper on Chilean Deer, Krefft's, discovery of the Ceratodus Fosteri, plates of Swinhoe's snakes, salmonoids, heterodon dorbignyi and euophrys modestus

Letters from George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding Japanese deer for sale at the Zoological Society of London, and a deputation of Swazi Chiefs who would like to visit the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Report on elephant enclosures, temperatures in various houses such as antelope and cattle sheds, possible overcrowding in bears' enclosures, inmates of cattle and deer sheds, the health of otters and coypus, numbers in the bird house and aviaries, bird house temperatures and the Three Island Pond

Letters from Alec Douglas-Home of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, regarding the offer of Pere David Deer to China

Letter from the 11th Duke of Bedford to Reginald Innes Pocock about Mesopotamian Fallow Deer

Correspondence between Jean Delacour and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the acquisition and transport of Pere David's Deer from the Duke of Bedford for New York Zoological Society, and also the the transport of snakes