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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for the nine months
ended September 30, 1995, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
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