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Minutes of the Sub-Committee on Pets' Corner with recommendations to the Garden Committee and Council

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding general queries such as specimens of Hedgehogs, Birds of Prey, fencing for Bison, samples of bark, the flea Hectopsylla psittaci, insuring animals, big game hunters, a Llama cart, the well in the Zoological Gardens, cattle guards, the caring of monkeys as pets, a Tree Kangaroo named Minnie, the temperature in the Monkey House, bird life of the Cocos Islands, the bodies of Goldfish, measurements of the eyes of animals, photographs of the Penguin Pool and a broadcast on Children's Hour

Correspondence between G W Pulfer and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the shipment of a pet monkey to the United Kingdom from South East Asia

Correspondence with Mrs Eames regarding the donation of a fox as a pet in the TV Unit or London Zoo

Correspondence between Captain C Millsom and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of a pet Hulak Gibbon from Burma to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with Dr Raymond Greene, a director of Heinemann's medical books, regarding a book on 'Diseases Common to Man and his Pets' and a request to approach Oliver Graham-Jones

Correspondence between Lt. General A Galloway and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the importation of a pet wild boar called Chewing Gum

Observational notes on the rearing and behaviour of duikers and other animals (lions, antelopes and a pet cat) in Nigeria. Includes some correspondence. Also an extract from June Hopkins' journal describing a visit to Nairobi National Park Animal Orphanage

Detailed organisation and arrangements proposed for Pets' Corner at the Zoological Society of London