|                                                                                                                          |                | Exhibit 99(a)
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|HSBC Finance Corporation
Household Receivables Funding, Inc. III
Household Credit Card Master Note Trust I, Series 2001-1
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|Original Class A Principal                                                                                                | 827,500,000.00 |              
|Number of Class A Bonds (000's)                                                                                           | 827,500.00     |              
|Original Class B Principal                                                                                                | 72,500,000.00  |              
|Number of Class B Bonds (000's)                                                                                           | 72,500.00      |              
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|Distribution Date                                                                                                         |                | 2005 Total   
|                                                                                                                          |                |              
|CLASS A                                                                                                                   |                |              
|Class A Principal Distribution                                                                                            |                | 0.00         
|Class A Interest Distribution                                                                                             |                | 28,159,645.48
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|CLASS B                                                                                                                   |                |              
|Class B Principal Distribution                                                                                            |                | 0.00         
|Class B Interest Distribution                                                                                             |                | 2,680,329.40