RBITAIN'S WAR COSTS
RECORD VOTE OF £600,000,000 MOVED
HUGE DAILY EXPENDITURE
(Rec. March 8, II.SO p.m.)
London, March 7
Mr.'Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exohequer, in moving in the House of
Commons, a credit of £600,000,000, pointed out that it was the largest single credit. He anticipated an. increase in the daily expenditure, but the required sum would last until the end of June. The daily average expenditure from December. 1 to February 9 was £6,107,000. The expenditure on the Army, the Navy, and munitions exceeded the Budget estimate by £664,000 daily. Loans to tb.3 Allies and the Dominions exceeded the Budget estimate by £339,000 daily, and miscellaneous expenditure exceeded the estimate by £242,000 daily-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 146, 9 March 1918, Page 7
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117RBITAIN'S WAR COSTS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 146, 9 March 1918, Page 7
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