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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted  from  this
Consolidated  Statement of Financial  Condition at February 28, 1999 (Unaudited)
and the Consolidated  Statement of Income for the Nine Months Ended February 28,
1999 (Unaudited) and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
 
</LEGEND>
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