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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
Statement of Consolidated  Financial  Condition as of March 31, 1997 (Unaudited)
and the Statement of Consolidated Operations for the nine months ended March 31,
1997 (Unaudited) and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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