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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23
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                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


Board of Directors
Pall Corporation:

        We consent to incorporation by reference in Pall Corporation's
Registration Statements Nos. 33-25640, 33-44399, 33-51151 and 33-64751 on Form
S-8, and Registration Statements Nos. 33-39655 and 33-57507 on Form S-3, of our
reports dated September 3, 1996, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Pall Corporation and subsidiaries as of August 3, 1996 and July 29, 1995 and
the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash
flows and related schedule for each of the years in the three-year period ended
August 3, 1996, which reports are incorporated by reference or appear in this
annual report on Form 10-K of Pall Corporation for the fiscal year ended 
August 3, 1996.

        Our reports refer to the Company's adoption of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 112, "Employers Accounting for Postemployment
Benefits" in fiscal year 1995.


                                    /s/  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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                                         KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Jericho, New York
October 24, 1996