Handbook to London as It Is Author:John Murray General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1879 Original Publisher: J. Murray Subjects: London (England) History / Europe / Great Britain Travel / Europe / General Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missi... more »ng text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: VII.-GOVERNMENT OFFICES. THE TREASURY, Whitehall. A long range of building, between the Horse Guards and Downing-street, so called from its being the office of the Lord High Treasurer, an office of great importance, first put into commission in 1612, on Lord Salisbury's death, and Bo continued with very few exceptions till the present time. The prime minister of the country is always First Lord of the Treasury, and enjoys a salary of 50001. a year, the same as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but smaller in amount than the salaries of the Lord Chancellor and of the Lord Chief Justice. He has also an official residence in Downing-street. All the great money transactions of the nation are conducted here. The Lord High Treasurer used formerly to carry a white staff, as the mark of lu's office. The royal throne still remains at the head of the Treasury table. The present fayade toward the street was built (1846-47), by Sir Charles Barry, to replace a heavy front, the work of Sir John Soane. The core of the building is of an earlier date, ranging from Ripley's time, in the reign of George I., to the times of Kent and Soane. The building called " the Treasury" includes the Board of Trade, the Home, and Privy Council offices. PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE, Downing Street, WhiteHall, is part of the S. end of the range of Treasury buildings. Here the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council meets to hear appeals,« less