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being the Rt. Hon. W. H. Smith. The Register prepared in
1888 contains the names of 4,145 Parliamentary electors,
viz., 4 on the Scot and Lot List, 410 Lodgers; and 3,731
possessing other qualifications. There are also 272 County
Electors who have been placed on the Register under the
Local Government Act, 1888, but are not qualified to vote
for members of Parliament.
Parliamentary voters for the County of Middlesex in
respect of property situate wholly or in part in the Parish of
St. James, number 185.
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, Com_
mercial 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.