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<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated  financial  statements of the Company for the period ended June 30,
1999 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>

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