'The bureau of the Shanghei Municipal Police,. examines some! 1,500 finger prints each month. Last month the figure was 1,562. 'Thus, it will be seen, that an average of approximately' 60 impressions fare examined each day in the year. No less than 30 per cent. result in identification and. when this record is compared with Scotland Yard's records, whose daily average is about 80 specimens and their average of identification.approximately the same as Shanghai, will be realized that this town, 12,000 miles away from Scotland Yard whose unique criminal detection record is a byword throughout the world, is exceptionally well served, Since 1910, when the 8, M. bureau "was established, $2 dead bodies have been identified by: finger prints and assassins. accor connection it is interesting to record that of these 32, 13 have been, identified this year. It will, therefore, be seen that Shanghai has one: of the most efficient finger print bureaux in the world.
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