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<LEGEND>      This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted
              from the quarter ended  December 30, 1997 Form 10-Q Balance Sheets
              and  Statements of Operations  and is qualified in its entirety by
              reference to such financial statements.
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<NAME>  American Tax Credit Properties, II L.P.
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