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village is that of Neutral Moresnet, also called Kelmis or Kalmis, with 2800 inhabitants. Just over the Prussian frontier is Prussian Moresnet, with 65o inhabitants, and in Belgium is Belgian Moresnet, with about 1200. Moresnet, strictly Montzen-Moresnet, is, as its name implies, a See also:

mountain, under which is the extremely valuable See also:

ZINC

zinc mine owned by the " Vieille Montagne See also:

COMPANY

Company," which is a Belgian undertaking. The profit of the customs is divided between the two states, but a tendency has been observed to convert it gradually into a See also:

German See also:

possession. The state of Moresnet owes its origin to the See also:

general See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

settlement of 1815. No agreement could be reached about the ownership of this small See also:

DISTRICT

district, and it was made a neutral state under the See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

government of Prussia and Belgium. This arrangement lasted until 1841, when Moresnet was given an See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of its own, this being composed of a burgomaster and a See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of ten members. The inhabitants decide individually whether they will perform military service for Prussia or for Belgium, and also whether they will accept the See also:

jurisdiction of the Prussian or of the Belgian courts. See Hoch, Un Territoire oublie au centre de 1'See also:

EUROPE

Europe (See also:

BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern, 1881) ; See also:

Schroder, Das grenzstreitige Gebiet von Moresnet (Aix-la-Chapelle, L902); and See also:

SPANDAU

Spandau, Zur Geschichte von Neutral-Moresnet (Aix-lahapelle, 1904). MORETON See also:

BAY See also:

CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

CHESTNUT, a tall See also:

tree known botanically as Castanospermum australe (natural See also:

order See also:

LEGUMINOSAE

Leguminosae), native of See also:

QUEENSLAND

Queensland and New See also:

South See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales.

The pods are almost cylindrical, about 9 in. See also:

long and 2 in. broad, and are divided interiorly by a spongy substance into three to five cells, each of which contains a large chestnut-like See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed. The seeds are roasted and eaten by the natives; the See also:

TIMBER

timber, which somewhat-See also:

MORGAGNI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1682-1771)

MORGAGNI 8 3 I resembles See also:

WALNUT (Juglans)

walnut, is soft, See also:

FINE

fine-grained, and takes a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

POLISH

polish, but is not durable.

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