INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
   
     We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement No.
333-2768  of  National Propane  Partners, L.P.  of our  reports relating  to the
financial statements of  National Propane  Corporation and  subsidiaries and  of
National   Propane  Partners,  L.P.  dated  March  13,  1996  appearing  in  the
Prospectus, which is part of such  Registration Statement, and to the  reference
to  us  under  the  headings 'Selected  Historical  and  Pro  Forma Consolidated
Financial and Operating Data' and 'Experts' in such Prospectus.
    
 
   
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June 10, 1996