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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
Winmill  & Co.  Incorporated  Form  10-Q and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by
references to such Form 10-Q.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Winmill & Co. Incorporated

                                           
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