See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

BOARD OF See also:

• WORKS

WORKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS  , an administrative See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In 1832 the public See also:

• WORKS

works and buildings of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain were for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time placed under the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of a responsible See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the See also:

• CROWN

crown, and were assigned to the commissioners of See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods and forests . In . 1851 the .department of public works was erected into a See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board under the name of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office of Works and Public Buildings . The first See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of works is the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the board, and has the custody of the royal palaces and parks and of all public buildings not specially assigned to other departments; he is a member of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government and frequently has a seat in the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet .