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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.6
 
                     [ROBINSON-HUMPHREY COMPANY LETTERHEAD]
 
                 CONSENT OF THE ROBINSON-HUMPHREY COMPANY, INC.
 
   
     We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
our opinion, dated May 8, 1996, as set forth as Appendix C to the Proxy
Statement-Prospectus and to the summarization thereof in the Proxy
Statement-Prospectus under the caption "the Merger." In giving such consent, we
do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent
is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the Rules and
Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
    
 
                                          /s/  THE ROBINSON-HUMPHREY COMPANY,
                                          INC.
 
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                                          THE ROBINSON-HUMPHREY COMPANY, INC.
 
Atlanta, Georgia
May 8, 1996