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See also:BOARD OF See also:WORKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS , an administrative See also:department in See also:England . In 1832 the public See also:works and buildings of See also:Great See also:Britain were for the first See also:time placed under the See also:control of a responsible See also:minister of the See also:crown, and were assigned to the commissioners of See also:woods and forests . In . 1851 the .department of public works was erected into a See also:board under the name of See also:Office of Works and Public Buildings . The first See also:commissioner of works is the See also: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 and frequently has a seat in the See also:cabinet . |
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