The Public Offices Extension Act 1859
WHEREAS by "The Downing Street Public Offices Extension Act, 1855," the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings were empowered to provide Site for additional Offices for the Public Service in or near Downing Street, Westminster: And whereas, with a view to further facilitate the Despatch of the Public Business of Her Majesty, it is expedient that several of the principal Offices in which such Business has been heretofore and is now carried on should be concentrated, and that...