<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains restated Summary Financial Information as a result of a
pooling of interest and is extracted from the Balance Sheet, Statement of
Operation and Statement of Cash Flows included in the Company's Form 8-K report
dated February 19, 1998, for the period ending October 31, 1996 and October 31,
1997, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial 
statements.
</LEGEND>
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