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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted  from the
consolidated  balance sheet and the consolidated  statement of income filed as
part  of the  report  on Form  10-KSB  and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by
reference to such report on Form 10-KSB.

</LEGEND>

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