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being the Rt. Hon. W. H. Smith. The Register prepared in
I88fi contains the names of 4,409 electors, viz. 4 on the Scot
and Lot List, 470 Lodgers, and 3,935 possessing other qualifications.
There arc also 188 registered voters for the County of
Middlesex in respect of property situate wholly or in part in
the parish of St. James.
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 Hoard arc elected
by the ratepayers of the Division.
Water Supply.—Four companies supply the Parish with
water, the approximate boundaries of their respective districts
being as follow:—
1. Chelsea Waterworks 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 How.
This Company was incorporated by Royal Charter in the year
1722.
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 east side of Poland Street, Lexington Street,
Great Windmill Street, and along the centre of the Haymarket.
This Company was incorporated by Royal Charter
in the year 1619.
3. Grand Junction Waterworks Company (Chief Office,
65, South Molton Streets So much of the Parish as lira
to the west of the district supplied by the New River
Company and the north of the centre of Pall Mall. This
Companv was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1811.
4. West Middlesex Waterworks Company (Chief Offices,