Exhibit 10.05i




                                         Date:  August 3, 1995





Robert C. Jaudes (as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Laclede Gas Company) and Robert J. Carroll (as Senior Vice
President - Finance of Laclede Gas Company), pursuant to the resolutions
adopted by the Board of Directors on July 27, 1995, which resolutions, among
other things, granted to the President and any Senior Vice President of the
Company the authority to:  (1) amend any or all of the benefit plans of the
Company insofar as they relate to employees of the Missouri Natural Gas
Division of the Company (the "Missouri Natural Gas Division") to reflect the
benefits to be afforded under such plans to members of the new bargaining
unit at the Missouri Natural Gas Division under the new collective
bargaining agreement effective July 15, 1995 between the Missouri Natural
Gas Division and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, Local Union No.
5-884; and (2) execute any and all documents effectuating, implementing
and/or evidencing any and all such plan amendments; do hereby amend The
Laclede Gas Company Salary Deferral Savings Plan as set forth in the
attached exhibit, such amendments to be effectuated and evidenced by our
signatures on said amendments.



























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                  AMENDMENTS TO THE LACLEDE GAS COMPANY
                      SALARY DEFERRAL SAVINGS PLAN          
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1.  The first unnumbered paragraph of Section 10.5 is hereby amended
    effective April 15, 1989, to read as follows:

    "If an Employee who participates in this Plan becomes a "Contract
    Employee" (as hereinafter defined) eligible to participate in the        
    Laclede Gas Company Wage Deferral Savings Plan (the "Wage Deferral       
    Savings Plan"), such Employee's Account in this Salary Deferral Savings  
    Plan, including any unpaid loan balances, shall be transferred to the    
    Wage Deferral Savings Plan, and such Employee shall thereupon cease to   
    participate in this Salary Deferral Savings Plan.  Such transfer shall   
    be effective on the first day of the calendar month following the        
    effective date on which such Employee becomes a Contract Employee, and   
    such transfer shall be subject to the terms, conditions and provisions   
    of the Wage Deferral Savings Plan."

2.  A new unnumbered paragraph is hereby added after the first unnumbered
    paragraph of Section 10.5, effective July 15, 1995, to read as follows:

    "If an Employee who participates in this Plan becomes a "Contract
    Employee" (as hereinafter defined) eligible to participate in the        
    Missouri Natural Gas Division of Laclede Gas Company Dual Savings Plan   
    (the "MoNat Dual Savings Plan"), such Employee's Salary Deferral and     
    Matching Contributions in this Salary Deferral Savings Plan, including   
    any unpaid loan balances, shall be transferred to the Pre-Tax Deposit    
    and Pre-Tax Match Accounts, respectively, of the MoNat Dual Savings      
    Plan, and such Employee shall thereupon cease to participate in this     
    Salary Deferral Savings Plan. Such transfer shall be subject to the      
    terms, conditions and provisions of the MoNat Dual Savings Plan, except  
    that the Contract Employee shall be vested in his Accounts in the MoNat  
    Dual Savings Plan in the same amount and in the same manner as if his    
    funds had been on deposit in the Salary Deferral Savings Plan from the   
    original date of contribution."

                                      ROBERT C. JAUDES
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                                      Title:  Chairman, President and
                                              Chief Executive Officer

                                      ROBERT J. CARROLL     
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                                      Title:  Senior Vice President -
                                              Finance






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