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being the Rt. Hon. W. H. Smith. The Register prepared in
1887 contains the names of 4,273 electors, viz., 4 on the Scot
and Lot List, 500 Lodgers, and 3,769 possessing other qualifications.
There are also 184 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 Board are 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 follows:—
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 Row.
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 Street). So much of the Parish as lies
to the west of the district supplied by the New River
Company and the north of the centre of Pall Mall. This
Company was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1811.