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 O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, in the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart of the Witwatersrand See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

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.) .