Exhibit 24
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                         SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES, INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
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         Each of the undersigned, in his or her capacity as an officer or
director, or both, of SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES, INC., a New Jersey corporation,
does hereby appoint William F. Ryan and Gerald S. Levitt, severally, each with
full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys to
execute in his or her name, place and stead, in his or her capacity as an
officer or director, or both, of said corporation, a Registration Statement on
Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, relating to the offer and sale of
shares of Common Stock of said corporation pursuant to its Dividend Reinvestment
and Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments and post-effective
amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
does hereby provide that each of said attorneys shall have full power of
substitution and resubstitution and that each of said attorneys shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever required to be done
in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys
and each of them.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument, this
18th day of March, 1994.



/s/ William F. Ryan                      /s/ Frank L. Bradley, Jr.
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William F. Ryan, President,              Frank L. Bradley, Jr., Director
Chief Executive Officer
and Director



/s/ Gerald S. Levitt                     /s/ Richard L. Dunham
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Gerald S. Levitt, Vice President         Richard L. Dunham, Director



/s/ Richard B. Tonielli                  /s/ W. Cary Edwards
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Richard B. Tonielli, Treasurer           W. Cary Edwards, Director

 
/s/ Thomas L. Glenn, Jr.                 /s/ Clarence D. McCormick
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Thomas L. Glenn, Jr., Director           Clarence D. McCormick, Director



/s/ Vincent E. Hoyer                     /s/ Peter M. Mitchell
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Vincent E. Hoyer, Director               Peter M. Mitchell, Director



/s/ Herman D. James                      /s/ Jackson Neall
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Herman D. James, Director                Jackson Neall, Director



/s/ Marilyn Ware Lewis                   /s/ Shirli M. Vioni
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Marilyn Ware Lewis, Director             Shirli M. Vioni, Director



                                         /s/ Frederick A. Westphal
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                                         Frederick A. Westphal, Director

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