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TURNHOUT , a See also:town of See also:Belgium, in the See also:province of See also:Antwerp, 26 m . N.E. of that See also:city . Pop . (1904), 22,162 . It carries on an active See also:industry in See also:cloth and other manufactures . There is a breeding See also:establishment for leeches . The hotel de ville was formerly a See also:palace of the See also:dukes of See also:Brabant . Two See also:miles See also:west of Turnhout is the curious penal or reformatory See also:colony of Merxplas (pop. in 1904, 2827) . The See also:system of this establishment is to allow certain approved prisoners to follow their usual occupations within a defined See also:area . The persons detained have See also:complete See also:liberty of See also:movement, subject to the two conditions that they are under the supervision of guardians and are not allowed to See also:cross the boundaries of the See also:settlement . They also See also:wear a distinct See also:dress, and each prisoner bears a number . |
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