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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the interim
consolidated financial statements of the Company for the six months ended June
30, 1996, 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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