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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 901 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GERMISTON , a See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

TRANSVAAL

Transvaal, 9 M. E. of Johannes-See also:

BURG

burg. Pop. of the See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality (1904) 29,477, of whom 9123 were whites. It lies 5478 ft. above the See also:

sea, in the See also:

heart of the Witwatersrand See also:

gold-See also:

MINING

mining See also:

DISTRICT

district, and is an important railway junction. The station, formerly called Elandsfontein Junction, is the See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-point of lines from the ports of the Cape and See also:

NATAL

Natal, and from See also:

JOHANNESBURG

Johannesburg, See also:

PRETORIA

Pretoria and Delagoa See also:

BAY

Bay. Though possessing a See also:

SEPARATE

separate municipality, Germiston is practically a suburb of Johannesburg (q.v.).

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