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Show CHANCELLOR ASKING FOR ENORMOUS SUM LONDON. March 15, 4:30 p. m Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, today introduced In the house of commons a supplementary vote of credit for C4.000.000 pounds for the current year. The chancellor said this brought the total votes for the year to 2,-010,000.000 2,-010,000.000 and sinco the war began to 3,792.000,0(1(1 pounds Mr. Bonar Law said It came as a disagreeable surprise to him that the 200.000,000 pounds sterling voted February Feb-ruary 12 was not sufficient to carry' on to the end of the fiscal year. He Bald 18,000,000 pounds were required re-quired for wheat from Australia. 2'.' (i (Mi .Odd pounds for advances to Great Britain's allies and her dominions and thi balance for additional expenditure expendi-ture on munitions. oo |