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<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-Q for the six month
period  ended June 30,  1996,  and is  qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements and the notes thereto.
</LEGEND>
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