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Reservoir

an artificial basin in "tanks," exists in India, constructed for of masonry; they are circular or polygpurposes of irrigation. The reservoirs on the irrigation canals of Spain are all wall, which is constructed of large ashpurposes of irrigation. The reservoirs particularly in England, the preference lars, is vertical. In France, Italy, and is given to earthen dams. See DAM. capital of the province of Ghilan, standing near the S. W. shore of the Caspian lars, is vertical. In France, Italy, and Sea, 150 miles N. W. of Teheran. Silk is grown and manufactured; and rice and tobacco are cultivated. The port of the RESIDENCE place is Enzeli, on the other side of the bay, and 16 miles distant. Pop. between 80,000 and 40,000.

RESIDENCE. The length of time which a person shall remain within the limits of a state in order to give him a legal residence there, varies in the different commonwealths, each government being the judge of the qualifications necessary to entitle a denizen to claim permanent residence within its boundaries. An alien who desires to become a naturalized citizen of the United States must prove a residence of five years in the country previous to admittance to the rights of adoption.

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