§ Mr. HENRY M'LARENasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the inconvenience that exists as a result of the uncertainty of the attitude of the Insurance Commissioners in the matter, he will now definitely state that the Commissioners are prepared to receive evidence in proof of the value of stamps on insurance cards in cases where the cards may be destroyed by the burning of the building in which they may be stored; and, in the event of that evidence fully satisfying the Commissioners as to the destruction and value of such stamps, they will, in that event, not require the new cards to be re-stamped?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe answer to both parts of the question is in the affirmative. I am sending to my hon. Friend a copy of a circular explaining the conditions under which credit can be allowed for destroyed stamps.