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