. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E \' I E W 15 FINGER-PRINT IDENTIFICATION liumlrcds oi accounts in the Xational Bank of Cuba in Havana are kept by per- sons \vho are identilied mainly by tbeir fin- ger-prints. The finger-prints are relied upon to a greater extent as a means of identifying" the depositors than their usual signature and the scroll common to Latin countries. Members o\ tiie .\merican Institute of Banking in Havana were given this infor- mation by A. H. Ruz Sauvalle, head of the savings department of the bank, in a recent lecture in Spanish on "; The dep
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E \' I E W 15 FINGER-PRINT IDENTIFICATION liumlrcds oi accounts in the Xational Bank of Cuba in Havana are kept by per- sons \vho are identilied mainly by tbeir fin- ger-prints. The finger-prints are relied upon to a greater extent as a means of identifying" the depositors than their usual signature and the scroll common to Latin countries. Members o\ tiie .\merican Institute of Banking in Havana were given this infor- mation by A. H. Ruz Sauvalle, head of the savings department of the bank, in a recent lecture in Spanish on "; The dependence upon photographs as a means of identifying persons, especially in disputed cases, has long ago been found in- adequate, Mr. Ruz said, because of the de- terioration of likenesses and the possibility of imposition by persons bearing a resem- blance to the real depositor. The distinction of introducing finger- marks as a means of identifying bank de- positors in Cuba belongs to the Xational Bank of Cuba, and persons who are unable to sign are no longer turned away from a bank by reason of difficulty in their identi- fication. THE NATIONAL EXPOSITION The Cuban Xational Exposition of Agri- culture, Industry, Arts and Work of Women, held in Havana in Februarj- and March, was an exceedinglj- creditable ex- hibit in all its various branches. In the exhibits there was seen a very good dis- play of nearly all branches of agricultural. Jjaskets used lor sugar ui Java. Cestos para asiicar en Java. work, including live stock industry, of the various manufactures, and especially of those connected with wood-working and of women's handiwork. The educational ex- hibits were worthy of praise. Perhaps the most significant display, and certainly the best arranged and most profuse, was that of citrus fruit and vegetables, and these are almost entirely the result of American growing. The success of this exposition is so pleasing to its sponsors and its value so plainly apparent that its an
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