<ARTICLE>                5
<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of income, and consolidated
statements  of cash flows  included  in the  Company's  Form 10-K for the twelve
month  period  ended  December  31,  1995,  and is  qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements and the notes thereto.
</LEGEND>
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