EXHIBIT INDEX


                     10.1     Change of Control Agreement, dated as of
                              July 22, 1998, by and between Eastern
                              Enterprises and J. Atwood Ives.

                     10.2     Employment Agreement, dated as of September 1,
                              1998, by and between Eastern Enterprises and
                              Fred C. Raskin.

                     10.3     Change of Control Agreement, dated as of
                              September 1, 1998 and between Eastern Enterprises
                              and Fred C. Raskin.

                     10.4     Change of Control Agreement, dated as of
                              July 22, 1998, by and between Eastern Enterprises
                              and Walter J. Flaherty.

                     10.5     Change of Control Agreement, dated as of
                              July 22, 1998, by and between Eastern Enterprises
                              and L. William Law, Jr.

                     10.6     Change of Control Agreement,  dated as of July 22,
                              1998, by and between Eastern  Enterprises,  Boston
                              Gas Company and Chester R. Messer, II.

                     10.7     Amendment to Eastern's Supplemental Executive
                              Retirement Plan, dated as of July 22, 1998.

                     27.1     Financial Data Schedule.

                     27.2     Restated Financial Data Schedule for the nine
                              month period ending September 30, 1997.