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along the backs of the several tenements or premises forming the
south side of part of Marylebone Street, and thence along the
backs of the several tenements or premises forming the west side
of the northern division of Air Street, and passing thence along
the southern party-wall of No. 13, Air Street to the middle of
Air Street, thence across the Regent's Quadrant towards the southeast,
to and along the middle of the southern division of Air
Street, and passing to and round the backs of the several
tenements and premises abutting on the west side of the southern
portion of Air Street, to and across the said southern portion of
Air Street to the backs of the tenements or premises forming the
east side thereof, and turning east along the backs of the several
tenements and premises forming the north side of Piccadilly, to
and passing south along the several party-walls of the houses
forming the north-west division of the Regent (Piccadilly) Circus
to the middle of Piccadilly, there turning north-east across the
said Regent Circus to and along the north party-wall of No. 42,
Regent Circus, to and along the backs of the several tenements
and premises forming the north side of Piccadilly to the middle
of Tichborne Street, and thence along the middle of Tichborne
Street to the angle of the parish boundary at the intersection of
Coventry Street and the Haymarket.
"Ward No. 4 (Golden Square)—
All parts of the said Parish of Saint James, Westminster, not included
in the Wards hereinbefore particularly described.
POPULATION.
The preliminary Keport and tables issued by the Census Commissioners,
giving tlie result of the ninth enumeration of the
inhabitants of Great Britain, which was taken on the 4th April,
1881, show a continued diminution in the residential population of
the Parish of St. James. The following is a statement of the
population of the Parish at each decennial period during the last
50 years:—
1831 37,053
1841 37,407
1851 36,406
1861 35,324
1871 33,619
1881 29,865