Minutes of the Zoological Research Committee of the Zoological Society of London

Lists specimen number, date, name of researcher, material and comments

Correspondence between Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson and L Harrison Matthews regarding meetings of the Selection Committee, the Annual Report, meetings of the Finance Committee, meetings of the Publications Committee, statement of the duties of Honorary Officers, the arrangement of Committees, abstracts in the Ibis, the Zoological Record, the Chairman of the Pink Elephants, the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Scientific Meetings, the British Guiana expedition, meetings of the Prosectorial Committee, the United Workers' Association, Professional Fellows, the Medical Research Council, the Centenary celebration of Madras Zoo, allegations against staff, Gerbils of the genus Meriones, and cases of controlling inter-current tuberculosis among colonies of monkeys

Letters from Charles Telfaire to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding his research on the Dodo, a tortoise from the Seychelles, tortoises of the Amirante Islands and Mombasa, and a Chamaeleon from the north of Madagascar to be presented to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from William Bateson of the John Innes Horticultural Institution regarding frogs and further research

Correspondence with and about King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre, reports, proposals and correspondence with the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi Arabia

Report, plus Appendix 1 (Presentation on the work of ZSL to staff of NCWCD) and Appendix 2 (Georgina Mace's report on scientific research at KKWRC)

The 'World List': an alphabetical list of all the periodicals in all countries publishing the results of scientific research, with standard abbreviations for the titles of each. At this point, Peter Chalmers Mitchell was the Chair

Terms of Reference: To advise on all matters relating to research in comparative medicine; to receive and approve the Director's Annual Report to Council and the Statement of Accounts; and to advise on the appointment of research staff

Minutes of the Nuffield Institute of Comparative Medicine Planning Group. A grant had been made by the Trustees of the Nuffield Foundation for the provision of such an Institute at Regent's Park on a side adjoining the Animal Hospital and Pathology Laboratories of the Zoological Society of London, and for the establishment of two senior research fellowships. The object was to make full use of the valuable material derived from the various species of mammals, reptiles, birds, and other animals in the Society's Collections for purposes of comparative medical research