<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the 
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of income in the 
Company's Quarterly Report to Shareholders for the quarter ended 
August 31, 1997 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such 
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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