<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
Company's Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended  September 30, 1996 and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such Financial Statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                          
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<PERIOD-END>                                SEP-30-1996
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