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                                EXHIBIT (23)-1-

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the partners of Unimar Company

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(Post-effective amendment No. 2 on Form S-3 to Form S-14 (No. 2-93037)) of
Unimar Company of our report dated March 6, 1998, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Unimar Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and
1996 and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and
changes in partners' capital for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 1997, which report appears in the December 31, 1997 annual
report on Form 10-K of Unimar Company.


                                                   KPMG Peat Marwick LLP





Houston, Texas
March 20, 1998