<ARTICLE> OPUR1
<LEGEND>
The schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Balance Sheet at September 30,1994 and the Statement of Income and the
Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 1994
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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<PERIOD-END>                               SEP-30-1994
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<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                          0
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