Correspondence between the Control Commission for Germany and George Soper Cansdale regarding the death of an Ostrich on deposit from Hamburg, and a question as to whether or not the Zoological Society of London wished to return the animals on deposit from Germany before the end of the agreed period of loan, i.e. 1950

Letters from R I Bouchier to David William Mitchell regarding five ostriches for the Zoological Society of London, a lion from Sir Vincent Casolain and a collection of living reptiles

Correspondence with the Coryndon Museum regarding the sale of an Ostrich to the Zoological Society of London, and the offer of a Cricetomys and a Hinged Tortoise

Correspondence with Messers John Alabi and Co regarding the shipment of ostriches to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between R H Wright and George Soper Cansdale regarding a donation of a Lion cubs and Ostriches from Nigeria

Correspondence between Messers J Alabi and Co and George Soper Cansdale regarding an order for Ostriches from Lagos for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between T R Beckett and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the selection of Beckett as a Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society of London, an offer to send Ostrich eggs, an offer of a young Crocodile, and a request for help in collecting some Chimpanzees

Correspondence between A Miller and George Soper Cansdale regarding a request for Ostriches from West Africa for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from C Reiche to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transportation of a sealion and a pair of ostriches to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Bennet Burleigh to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding two young ostriches and a squirrel from Somaliland to be gifted to the Zoological Society of London