<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
The Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Company's
Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994,
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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