In the Distinctive Marks Register, the various important distinctive marks and peculiarities, recorded in the columns of the " Alphabetical Register of Habitual Criminals," will be found arranged and entered under nine principal regions of the body, viz. :— 1. HEAD AND FACE— Scars and marks on face and forehead from kicks and cuts. Lower part of face awry or disfigured by fractures or other injuries of lower jaw. Face drawn by paralysis. Deaf and Dumb. Eyes : prominent, sunken, squint, diseased, destroyed or removed ( whether right or left.) Nose : flattened, broken, bunt, distorted, marks of ulceration, & c. Ears: prominent, ragged, partly removed, slit, pierced, & c. Mouth : Hare- lip or cleft palate. Eyebrows I > If remarkable in any way. Forehead | Other peculiarities of face and features. 2. THKOAT AND NECK— Scars from abscesses. Seal's from wounds, & c. Enlarged throat ( goitre or Derbyshire neck). 3. CHEST— # Tattoo- marks [ including D., B. 0., & c.] Scars from wounds, burns or other injuries. Pigeon- breast or other deformity. 4. BELLY AND QUOINS— Tattoo- marks. Scars from wounds, burns or other injuries ( if- extensive or deep). 5. BACK AND LOINS— Tattoo- marks. Hump- back or crooked spine. Scars from wounds, burns or other injuries ( if extensive or deep). 6. Arm ( right or left, upper arm or forearm)— Loss of one or both ( partial or complete). Tattoo- inarks. Distortion from fracture or dislocation. Contraction or stiffening of elbow or wrist. Loss of power ( with or without wasting). Scars from wounds or burns. 7. HANDS AND EINGEKS ( right or left)— Loss of hand, thumb or Angers ( partial or complete). Tattoo- marks. Contracted or stiffened fingers. Enlargement of knuckles. Webbed or supernumerary fingers. 8. THIGH AND LEG ( right or left)— Loss of one or both ( partial or complete.) Tattoo- marks. Shortening or distortion. Loss of power ( with or without wasting). Stiffening or deformity of hip or kneO- joints. Lameness from any other cause ( if permanent). Fractured knee- cap. Scars from wounds, burns or other injuries ( if extensive or deep;. Scars on the shins from old ulcers, kicks, & c. Varicose veins ( if extensive). 9 . FOOT AND ANKLE ( right and left)— Loss of one or both feet ( partial or complete). Loss of any toes. Stiffening or deformity of ankle. Webbed or supernumerary toes. Deformity of foot ( club- foot). In addition to these, persons distinguished by remarkable deviations from the average stature ( with height and date of birth in each case) are also given in order of seniority, under the following heads:— 1. Of men of six feet in height and upwards. 2. Of men ( above 20 years of age) of five feet and under. 3. Of women of five feet six inches and upwards. The manner in which this register will serve to effect the identification of any person in custody who is suspected to be an habitual criminal, but who gives a name by which he cannot be traced in any volume of the " Alphabetical Register," is as follows:— He should be carefully inspected, taking each region of the body in succession in the order above indicated, and noting any important distinctive marks or peculiarities. The leading characteristics noted should then bo searched for in the " Register of Distinctive Marks," and the names of the person or persons stated to have anjr particular mark or peculiarity observed, should then bo referred to in the " Alphabetical Register," and the full personal description and distinctive marks there given, compared in succession with those of the person whose identity it is sought to establish. Should these bo found generally to agree, further inquiries shoul I be made, and evidence of identity obtained, by communication with the prison from which the man is stated to have been liberated, or if necessary, by reference to the Registrar of habitual criminals. The following example will illustrate the mode of using the " Distinctive Marks Register" :— Supposing that a man is in custody who gives the name of John Albury. He is suspected of being an habitual criminal, but cannot be identified under the name he now gives, or the alias under which lie is supposed to have served a sentence, in any volume of the Alphabetical Register. The man is then inspected and found to have a long scar right side of face. The Distinctive Marks Register is thereupon referred to under division 1 ( viz., " Head and Face"), and in the volume for 1888 are found records of those persons who have a distinctive mark of a similar nature. These names are successively referred to iu the Alphabetical Register of that year, and the general personal description and other distinctive marks recorded in each case are compared, in the order indicated above, with those of the person under identification. These are found generally to correspond in the case of Thomas Reed ; and particularly it is found that the person under identification lias, besides, a ship tattooed on the left arm, and a ring on the second finger of the left hand, which marks are also recorded as borne by Thomas Reed. Application is thereupon made to the governor of ihe prison from which Thomas Reed was liberated, for the photograph, or for the assistance of a person acquainted with him; and if the identity suggested is thereby further confirmed, the steps necessary to prove it in a court of justice can be taken in due course