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<LEGEND>

                               SCHEDULE 27.2

This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
February 28, 1998 Financial Statements included in the Company's Form 10-Q and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Form 10-Q.
</LEGEND>

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<NAME>     IHF Holdings Inc

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