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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
     Company's  Consolidated  Balance  Sheet  at  March  31,  1998  and 1997 and
     Consolidated  Statement  of Income and  Comprehensive  Income for the three
     months  ended March 31, 1998 and 1997,  and is qualified in its entirety by
     reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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