Copies of letters regarding the drainage system of the gardens of the Zoological Society into Regent's Canal, with accompanying map

Letter from Arthur F Astley to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the subject of reptile feeding at the Zoo

Letters from Abraham Dee Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the doors to the new elephant house, animal food consumption, the female rhinoceros, the mounted specimen of a young gorilla, authorisation to sell Alice the elephant to Mr Barnum, and the theft of an owl

Letters from Frank Evers Beddard to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the cause of death of a giraffe in the Zoo, his appointment as Vice-Secretary, meetings of the flower memorial committee, the death of a calf of Sanger's elephant, the death of the Nasalis larvatus, the purchase of a Langur, a collection of plants, and his position as Prosector

Letters from Herbrand Arthur Russell to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of animals, his election as member of the council of the Zoological Society, his attendance at meetings and the appointment of a veterinary surgeon at the Zoological Society

Letter from Henry Francis Blanford to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an application from the Prosector's assistant at the Zoological Society of London for the post of Osteologist at the Indian Museum

Letters from Gambier Bolton to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding alterations and additions to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London due to the decline in visitors

Letter from Charles William Shirley Brooks to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding admission to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from George Earle Buckle to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding reports of meetings of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Budd, Johnsons and Jecks to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the sale of spirits at the proposed tea room for Fellows