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Local Government.—The Parish has a separate jurisdiction
under the Metropolis Local Management Act, and particulars of
the powers of the Vestry elected pursuant to that Act are given
on page 18. For Poor Law purposes the Parish is joined to the
Parish of St. Anne, under the name of the Westminster Union;
it is also a constituent part of the Central London Sick Asylums
District.
For Ecclesiastical Purposes the Parish has been subdivided
into five districts, the mother church being St. James's, Piccadilly,
of which the Rev. J. E. Kempe, M.A., is Rector.
Representation in Parliament.—The Parish of St. James
forms a part of the Borough of Westminster, which returns two
members to Parliament, the sitting members being the Right Hon.
W. H. Smith and Lord Algernon Percy. The Register prepared
in 1883 contains the names of 8,630 electors, viz., 5 on the Scot
and Lot List, 423 lodgers, and 3,202 possessing other qualifications.
By the Elementary Education Act, 1870, the Parish is
included in the Westminster Division of the School Board for
London. Five members of the School Board are elected by the
ratepayers of the Division.
Gas is supplied to the whole Parish by the Gas Light and Coke
Company (Chief Office, Horseferry Road).
Water is supplied by four companies, the approximate
boundaries of their respective districts being as follows:—
1. Chelsea Water Works Company (Chief Office, 35, Commercial
Road, Pimlico). So much of the Parish as lies to the
south of the centre of Pall Mall and Cleveland Row.
2. New River Company (Chief Office, Clerkenwell, E.C.).
So much of the Parish as lies to the east of a line running at the
back of the west side of Poland Street, Cambridge Street, Little
Windmill Street, Great Windmill Street, and along the centre
of the Haymarket.