Fingerprints
! WELLINGTON. This Day. i At the headquarters of the crim- ' inal registration branch. Wellington. ! the finger impressions of 304 G persons wore received and filed last year, the ...holographs of 1737 prisoners were dealt with, and 2063 photographs were taken. In the Auckland branch, 880 sots of fingerprints were added to the i collection, making 5970 sets. In New i Zealand the fingerprint system has j been responsible for the identification or 6940 persons since its introduction in 1903. There are now 54,062 prints on file.
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Northern Advocate, 16 July 1938, Page 9
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87Fingerprints Northern Advocate, 16 July 1938, Page 9
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