Containing 82 Carte de Viste and 11 Cabinet photographs Many of the photos bear titles Photographers include: Manning, Adelaide, Angel, Exeter, Rogers, St Leonards on Sea James Ross, Edinburgh, F Guidi, Firenze, H Lambert, Bath, Elliott and Fry, Faulknew, Bayswater, Ross & Pringle Edinburgh, Cox, Torquay, Barratt, Torquay, Alexander Bassano Bond Street, Niceville, Exeter, Mower & Long Exeter Goodfellow, Somerset

William Francis Drummond Jervois was educated at the Royal Military Academies of Gosport and Woolwich. As a commissioned officer in the Royal Engineers he travelled widely. He was appointed Governor of South Australia and New Zealand. In 1893 Jervois was appointed Colonel- Commandant of the Royal Engineers. Jervois Road and Jervois Wharf, Auckland are both named in his honour.