American Fire Insurance Association of New York, gave evidence as to the formalities to be observed by insurance companies preliminary to obtaining their licence from the Insurance Commissioner. It was the practice of American companies to register at the Consulate, and witness was of the opinion that agents of the companies doing business in China were required to register at Washington. Witness had looked through the records of American insurance companies and could find no trace whatever of the two companies in question.
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