|U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                          | 
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|Washington, D.C. 20549                                           | 
|FORM 10-QSB                                                      | 
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|QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND
|EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934                                             | 
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|For The Quarter Ended June 30, 2005                              | 
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|0-643                                                            | 
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|New York                                                         | 
|(State or other jurisdiction of                                  | 
|incorporation or organization)                                   | 
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|330 W William Street, PO Box 58, Corning, New York 14830        
|(Address of principal executive offices)                         | 
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|607-936-3755                                                     | 
|(Registrants telephone number, including area code)              | 



Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 Or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for at least the past 90 days. Yes X	 No ______.

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ____No_X__.

Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the end of the quarter. 506,918

There is only one class of Common Stock and no Preference Stock outstanding.





|PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION |                                             |                                                                                 |     |   |       |  | 
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|                             | Item 1 Financial Statements                 |                                                                                 |     |   |       |  | 
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|                             |                                             | Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2005 (Unaudited) and September 30, 2004 | 1,2
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|                             |                                             | Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended          
|                             |                                             | June 30, 2005 (Unaudited) and 2004 (Unaudited)                                  |     | 3
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|                             |                                             | Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended                
|                             |                                             | June 30, 2005 (Unaudited) and 2004 (Unaudited)                                  |     | 4
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|                             |                                             | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                                      |     |   | 5 - 6
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|                             | Item 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis |                                                                                 |     |   | 7 - 8
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|                             | Item 3 Controls and Procedures              |                                                                                 |     |   |       |  | 
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|PART II OTHER INFORMATION    |                                             |                                                                                 |     |   |       |  | 
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|                             | Item 6 Exhibits                             |                                                                                 |     |   |       |  | 



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|PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION                                 |           |              |           |            
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|Item 1 Financial Statements                                  |           |              |           |            
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|CORNING NATURAL GAS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY               |           |             
|Consolidated Balance Sheets                                  |           |              |           |            
|Form 10 QSB                                                  |           |              |           |            
|                                                             |           |              |           |            
|Assets                                                       |           |              |           |            
|                                                             |           |              |           |            
|Plant:                                                       |           |              |           |            
|Utility property, plant and equipment                        |           | $26,486,154  |           | $25,749,195
|Non-utility property, plant and equipment                    |           | 382,725      |           | 373,120    
|Non-utility assets - discontinued operations                 | 181,830   |              | 190,766  
|Less: accumulated depreciation                               |           | (10,465,855) |           | (9,953,708)
|Total plant utility and non-utility net                      |           | 16,584,854   |           | 16,359,373 
|                                                             |           |              |           |            
|Investments:                                                 |           |              |           |            
|Marketable securities available-for-sale at fair value       | 2,346,332 |              | 2,058,709
|Investment in joint venture and associated companies         | 179,237   |              | 199,406  
|Total investments                                            |           |              |           | 2,525,569  
|                                                             |           |              |           |            
|Current assets:                                              |           |              |           |            
|Cash and cash equivalents                                    |           |              | 108,054   |            
|Customer accounts receivable, (net of allowance for          |           |              |          
|uncollectible accounts of $120,000 and $80,000)              | 1,794,236 |              | 910,795  
|Gas stored underground, at average cost                      |           | 1,244,610    |           | 3,552,908  
|Gas inventories                                              |           |              |           | 245,999    
|Prepaid expenses                                             |           |              |           | 836,764    
|Current assets - discontinued operations                     |           | 108,520      |           | 173,661    
|Total current assets                                         |           |              |           | 4,338,183  
|                                                             |           |              |           |            
|Deferred debits and other assets:                            |           |              |           |            
|Regulatory assets:                                           |           |              |           |            
|Unrecovered gas costs                                        |           |              |           | 1,666,904  
|Deferred pension and other                                   |           |              | 546,022   |            
|Goodwill (net of accumulated amortization of $521,294)       | 1,457,117 |              | 1,453,822
|Unamortized debt issuance cost (net of accumulated           |           |              |          
|amortization of $269,100 and $259,880)                       |           | 249,574      |           | 264,175    
|Other                                                        |           |              |           |            
|Other assets - discontinued operations                       |           | 595,546      |           | 549,671    
|Total deferred debits and other assets                       |           | 4,937,364    |           | 4,575,639  
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|Total assets                                                 |           |              |           | $28,385,970
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|See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. |           |             





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|CORNING NATURAL GAS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY                        |            |            
|Consolidated Balance Sheets                                           |            |             |            |              
|Form 10 QSB                                                           |            |             |            |               |          
|                                                                      |            |             |            | Unaudited     |           |                   
|                                                                      |            |             |            | June 30, 2005 |           | September 30, 2004
|Capitalization and liabilities:                                       |            |             |            |              
|                                                                      |            |             |            |               |           |                   
|Common stockholders' equity:                                          |            |             |           
|Common stock (common stock $5.00 par                                  |            |             |           
|value per share. Authorized 1,000,000 shares;                         |            |             |           
|issued and outstanding 507,000 shares at                              |            |             |           
|June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004)                                 | $2,534,590 |             | $2,534,590
|Other paid-in capital                                                 |            | 959,512     |            | 959,512      
|Retained earnings                                                     |            | 3,143,946   |            | 2,333,193    
|Accumulated other comprehensive loss                                  | (974,780)  |             | (990,718) 
|Total common stockholders' equity                                     | 5,663,268  |             | 4,836,577 
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|                                                                      |            |             |            |               |           |                   
|Long-term debt, less current installments                             | 9,672,462  |             | 9,786,528 
|Long-term debt - discontinued operations                              | 72,765     |             | 78,735    
|Total Long-term debt                                                  |            |             | 9,745,227  |               | 9,865,263
|                                                                      |            |             |            |               |           |                   
|Current liabilities:                                                  |            |             |            |               |          
|Current portion of long-term debt                                     |            | 148,837     |            | 79,999       
|Borrowings under lines-of-credit                                      |            | 3,500,000   |            | 6,325,000    
|Accounts payable                                                      |            |             | 2,069,951  |               | 1,356,047
|Accrued expenses                                                      |            |             | 496,290    |               | 474,873  
|Customer deposits and accrued interest                                | 493,175    |             | 1,037,270 
|Deferred income taxes                                                 |            | 1,002,147   |            | 558,681      
|Other current liabilities - discontinued operations                   | 0          |             | 61,035    
|Total current liabilities                                             |            |             | 7,710,400  |               | 9,892,905
|                                                                      |            |             |            |               |           |                   
|Deferred credits and other liabilities:                               |            |             |            |              
|Deferred income taxes                                                 |            | 928,598     |            | 928,598      
|Deferred compensation                                                 |            | 1,852,636   |            | 1,678,486    
|Deferred pension costs & post-retirement benefits                     | 2,024,432  |             | 1,413,412 
|Other                                                                 |            |             |            | 262,727       |           | 137,638           
|Other deferred credits and other liabilites - discontinued operations | 198,682    |             | 192,432   
|Total deferred credits and other liabilities                          | 5,267,075  |             | 4,350,566 
|                                                                      |            |             |            |               |           |                   
|Concentrations and commitments                                        |            |             |            |              
|                                                                      |            |             |            |               |           |                   
|Total capitalization and liabilities                                  |            | $28,385,970 |            | $28,945,311  
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|See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.          |            |            





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|CORNING NATURAL GAS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY                                             |                                       |            |          
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|Consolidated Statements of Income                                                          |                                      
|Unaudited                                                                                  |                                       |           
|Form 10 QSB                                                                                |                                       |           
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|Utility Operating Revenues                                                                 |                                       | $4,757,379 |          
|                                                                                           |                                       |            |          
|Costs and Expenses                                                                         |                                       |            |          
|                                                                                           | Natural Gas Purchased                 |            | 2,971,677
|                                                                                           | Operating & Maintenance Expense       |            | 1,096,664
|                                                                                           | Taxes other than Federal Income Taxes |            | 290,126  
|                                                                                           | Depreciation                          |            | 129,533  
|                                                                                           | Interest Expense                      |            | 298,814  
|                                                                                           | Income Tax                            |            |          
|                                                                                           | Other Deductions, Net                 |            | 1,413    
|Total Costs and Expenses                                                                   |                                       | 4,756,346  |          
|                                                                                           |                                       |            |          
|Utility Income before Other Income                                                         |                                       | 1,033      |          
|                                                                                           |                                       |            |          
|Other Income                                                                               |                                       |            | 25,226   
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|Net Income (Loss) from Utility Operations                                                  |                                       | 26,259     |          
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|Net Income from Non-Utility Operations                                                     |                                       | 14,998     |          
|                                                                                           |                                       |            |          
|Net Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations                                               | 41,257                                |            | (39,617) 
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|Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Income Tax                              | 2,481                                 |            | (119,730)
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|Net Income (Loss)                                                                          |                                       |            | 43,738   
|Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                                          |                                       | 14,022     |          
|Total Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                                          |                                       | $57,760    |          
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|Weighted average earnings per share-                                                       |                                       |            |          
|                                                                                           | basic & diluted:                      |            |          
|                                                                                           | Continuing Operations                 |            | $0.081   
|                                                                                           | Discontinued Operations               |            | 0.005    
|                                                                                           | Net Income                            |            |          
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|Weighted average earnings per share = Net income as shown above divided                    |                                       |           
|by 506,918 shares for the quarters ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively and          |                                       |           
|506,918 and 498,912 shares for the nine months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.



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|CORNING NATURAL GAS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY    
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|Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows             
|For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004  
|Unaudited                                         
|Form 10-QSB                                       
|                                                  
|Cash flows from operating activities:             
|Net income                                        
|Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash   
|used in operating activities:                     
|Depreciation and amortization                     
|Gain on sale of marketable securities             
|Deferred income taxes                             
|                                                  
|Changes in assets and liabilities:                
|(Increase) decrease in:                           
|Accounts receivable                               
|Gas stored underground                            
|Gas inventories                                   
|Prepaid expenses                                  
|Unrecovered gas costs                             
|Deferred pension and other                        
|Unamortized debt issuance cost                    
|Other                                             
|Increase (decrease) in:                           
|Accounts payable                                  
|Accrued expenses                                  
|Customer deposit liability                        
|Deferred income taxes                             
|Deferred compensation                             
|Deferred pension & post-retirement benefits       
|Other liabilities and deferred credits            
|Net cash provided by operating activities         
|                                                  
|Cash flows from investing activities:             
|Purchase of securities available-for-sale         
|Sale of securities available-for-sale             
|Capital expenditures                              
|Net cash used in investing activities             
|                                                  
|Cash flows from financing activities:             
|Proceeds under lines-of-credit                    
|Repayment of lines-of-credit                      
|Repayment of long-term debt                       
|Net cash used in financing activities             
|Net (decrease) increase in cash                   
|                                                  
|Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period  
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|Cash and cash equivalents at end of period        
|                                                  
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|Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
|Cash paid during the period for:                  
|Interest                                          
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|Income taxes                                      





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##### Corning Natural Gas Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note A - Basis of Presentation

The information furnished herewith reflects all adjustments, which are in the opinion of management necessary to a fair statement of the results for the period. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principals generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to SEC rules and regulations, although the Company believes the disclosures which are made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

The condensed consolidated financial statements contained herein should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's latest annual report on Form 10-KSB. These unaudited interim financial statements have not been audited or certified by a firm of certified public accountants.

It is the Company's policy to reclassify amounts in the prior year financial statements to conform with the current year presentation.

Note B - New Accounting Standards

In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, "Inventory Costs" (SFAS 151). This statement amends the guidance in ARB No. 43, Chapter 4, "Inventory Pricing," to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage). SFAS 151 requires that those items be recognized as current-period charges. In addition, this statement requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to costs of conversion be based upon the normal capacity of the production facilities. The provisions of SFAS 151 are effective for inventory cost incurred in fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. As such, the Company is required to adopt these provisions in the beginning of fiscal 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS 151 on its consolidated financial statements.

|Note C - Pension and Other Post-retirement Benefit Plans |   |                                 |   |               
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|Components of Net Period Benefit Cost:                   |   |                                 |   |               
|                                                         |   | Nine months ended June 30, 2005
|                                                         |   | Pension Benefits                |   | Other Benefits
|                                                         |   | 2005                            |   | 2004          
|                                                         |   |                                 |   |               
|Service cost                                             | $ | 270,745                         | $ | 343,788       
|Interest cost                                            |   | 562,884                         |   | 555,140       
|Expected return on plan assets                           |   | (526,636)                       |   | (492,767)     
|Amortization of prior service cost                       |   | 53,654                          |   | 86,159        
|Amortization of net (gain) loss                          |   | 244,733                         |   | 343,293       
|Net periodic benefit cost                                | $ | 605,380                         | $ | 835,613       



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Contributions

The Company previously disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2004 that it expected to contribute $432,792 to its Pension Plan in 2005. As of June 30, 2005, no contributions have been made, and $432,792 is anticipated to be contributed in September 2005. The Post Retirement Benefit Plan is not funded.

Note D - Segment Overview

The following table reflects year-to-date results of the segments consistent with the Company's internal financial reporting process. The following results are used in part, by management, both in evaluating the performance of, and in allocating resources to, each of these segments.

|                               | Gas Company | (2)
Appliance Corporation | (3)
Tax Center | Corning Realty | (4)
Foodmart Plaza | Corning Mortgage | Consolidated
|------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------------------- | -------------- | -------------- | ------------------ | ---------------- | ------------
|Revenue:(1)                    |             |                           |                |                |                    |                 
|2005                           | $20,630,489 | $169,484                  | $29,263        | $2,445,803     | -                  | ($15,252)        | $23,259,787 
|2004                           | 19,731,524  | 112,972                   | 447,183        | 2,818,383      | 188,431            | 16,329           | 23,314,822  
|Net income (loss):(1)          |             |                           |                |                |                    |                 
|2005                           | 797,232     | 9,345                     | (27,108)       | 48,939         | -                  | (17,655)         | 810,753     
|2004                           | 419,069     | (417,110)                 | 61,283         | 66,897         | 40,449             | 6,980            | 177,568     
|Interest income:(1)            |             |                           |                |                |                    |                 
|2005                           | 83,500      | 121,196                   | 9,078          | -              | -                  | -                | 213,774     
|2004                           | 84,036      | 69,985                    | 10,798         | -              | -                  | -                | 164,819     
|Interest expense:(1)           |             |                           |                |                |                    |                 
|2005                           | 947,217     | 14,801                    | -              | 51,937         | -                  | 7,416            | 1,021,371   
|2004                           | 865,924     | 14,566                    | -              | 64,138         | 32,648             | 5,682            | 982,958     
|Total assets:                  |             |                           |                |                |                    |                 
|2005                           | 25,664,926  | 795,339                   | 120,762        | 1,625,504      | -                  | 179,439          | 28,385,970  
|2004                           | 25,348,951  | 784,993                   | 293,189        | 1,617,269      | 1,118,945          | 198,391          | 29,361,738  
|Depreciation and amortization: |             |                           |                |                |                    |                 
|2005                           | 400,813     | 2,700                     | 8,433          | 52,184         | -                  | -                | 464,130     
|2004                           | 398,611     | 2,700                     | 12,062         | 50,127         | 24,886             | -                | 488,386     
|Federal Income Tax expense:    |             |                           |                |                |                    |                 
|2005                           | 643,721     | 4,815                     | (14,760)       | 30,078         | -                  | (9,236)          | 654,618     
|2004                           | 373,500     | (139)                     | 30,466         | 34,462         | (20,837)           | 2,210            | 419,662     

(1) Before elimination of intercompany interest.

(2) The Appliance Co. discontinued operations in September 2003.

(3) Tax Center International discontinued operations in October 2004.

(4) Foodmart discontinued operations in July 2004.

Interest income and expense have been displayed in the segment in which it has been earned or incurred. Segment interest expense other than the Gas Company is included within unregulated expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

There were no sales of unregistered securities (debt or equity) during the quarter ended June 30, 2005.







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CORNING NATURAL GAS CORPORATIONFORM 10-QSB FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2005

Item 2 - Management's Discussion & Analysis

Results of Operation

As the Company's business is seasonal, the interim results should not be used as an indication of what results of the fiscal year 2005 may be.

Consolidated revenue of $12,294,000 for the quarter increased $105,800 compared to the same quarter last year. Utility revenues increased $480,300 due primarily to additional revenues from local production and incentive revenues discussed in regulatory matters. Revenues from the Appliance Corp, Tax Center International and Foodmart Plaza declined $157,000 as those operations have been discontinued. Revenues from Corning Realty and Corning Mortgage declined $217,500 compared to the same quarter last year.

Consolidated net income for the quarter was $43,700 compared to a loss of $159,300 in the same quarter the previous year. Net income of $26,200 was experienced in the utility operations compared to a loss of $131,900 last year. The increase is due to increased local production revenue, as well as incentive revenue discussed below. Corning Realty experienced earnings of $21,700 for the quarter compared to earnings of $89,900 for the same quarter last year. Tax Center International experienced earnings of $1,500 compared to earnings of $8,300 last year. In October 2004, the Company discontinued operations of Tax Center International. Corning Mortgage experienced a loss of $6,700 compared to earnings of $2,300 last year.

The former Appliance segment experienced net income of $900 versus a loss of $143,500 last year. The assets of the Appliance Corporation were sold and operations discontinued in September 2003, but in the third quarter of last year that segment still incurred expense allocations that were established in the Company's last rate case. Those allocations are currently being deferred, as discussed below.

Regulatory Matters

On March 12, 2004, the Company filed with the PSC a petition to amend the Joint Proposal approved in its last rate case. Among the matters highlighted in the Petition as requiring review and modification were:

(a) the allocation of costs between utility and non-utility business functions to reflect the sale of the Company's Appliance business; (b) restrictions on the Company's ability to record as current income the $174,124 annual additional revenues for improving its equity ratio; (c) the treatment of the costs of Pensions and Other Post-Retirement Benefits (OPEBs) for prior periods; and (d) the computation of costs pertaining to natural gas stored underground. On July 23, 2004, the Company reached a settlement (Joint Proposal) with the staff of the Public Service Commission. The Joint Proposal represents a negotiated resolution of the issues, and was approved by the Public Service Commission on September 1, 2004. The Joint Proposal provides for the release of $174,124 of annual incentive revenue and the retention of transportation revenues generated from local production. The Joint Proposal also provides for the filing of a deferral petition for the allocation costs resulting from the sale of the Appliance business. Hence, these costs have been deferred on the balance sheet, and subject to future PSC review for recovery through utility rates.

In the quarter ended June 30, 2005, before tax earning's were improved by approximately $35,000 due to the release of the incentive revenues and the Company realized $206,300 in additional revenues from local production. The deferred allocation costs total $1,400,000 at June 30, 2005 and are recorded as a regulatory asset on the balance sheet.

Liquidity & Capital Resources

The Company finances its capital additions, as well as gas purchased, through a combination of internally generated funds and short-term borrowing. Capital expenditures consist primarily of replacement of mains and services. Historically, the Company spends approximately $800,000 annually, and it is anticipated that fiscal 2005 will be the same. Expenditures for the nine months ended June 30, 2005 amounted to $700,000. For all operations, the Company has $7,750,000 available through lines of credit at local banks, the terms of which are disclosed in the Company's latest annual report on form 10-KSB. It is expected that, on a consolidated basis, current capital resources will continue to be sufficient for the Company's operations over the next twelve months. As described in the Company's Petition to the PSC, however, the sufficiency of cash flow for regulated operations continues to be dependent upon resources from the Company's unregulated operations.

The Company's primary source of cash during the nine-month period ended June 30, 2005 consisted of cash provided by operating activities. Cash from operating activities consists of net income, adjusted for non-cash income and expenses, and changes in operating assets and liabilities. Due to the seasonal nature of the utility business, revenues are higher during the heating season, which occurs in the first and second quarter of the fiscal year, and receivables balances increase during this time from the balances at September 30. Storage gas inventory declines during the first and second quarters of the year and is replenished during the third and fourth quarters.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Company's significant accounting policies are described in the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. It is increasingly important to understand that the application of generally accepted accounting principles involve certain assumptions, judgments and estimates that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Thus, the application of these principles can result in varying results from company to company. The most significant principles that impact the Company are discussed below.

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Accounting for Utility Revenue and Cost of Gas Recognition

The Company records revenues from residential and commercial customers based on meters read or estimated on a cyclical basis throughout each month, while certain large industrial and utility customers' meters are read at the end of each month. Should estimated meter readings differ from actual, revenues in a subsequent month when a meter reading is obtained are affected by the difference. The Company does not accrue revenue for gas delivered but not yet billed, as the New York PSC requires that such accounting must be adopted during a rate proceeding, which the Company has not done. The Company's tariffs contain mechanisms that provide for the recovery of the cost of gas applicable to firm customers. Under these mechanisms, the Company periodically adjusts its rates to reflect increases and decreases in the cost of gas. Annually, the Company reconciles the difference between the total gas costs collected from customers and the cost of gas. To the extent that estimated billing of gas costs differ from actual, large receivables or payables to customers can accumulate on the balance sheet. The Company then either recovers it from, or refunds it to, customers over the following twelve-month period.

Accounting for Regulated Operations - Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

A significant portion of the Company's business is subject to regulation. The Company's regulated utility records the results of its regulated activities in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 71, Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation, which results in differences in the application of generally accepted accounting principles between regulated and non-regulated businesses. SFAS No. 71 requires the recording of regulatory assets and liabilities for certain transactions that would have been treated as revenue and expense in non-regulated businesses. In certain circumstances, SFAS No. 71 allows entities whose rates are determined by third-party regulators to defer costs as "regulatory" assets in the balance sheet to the extent that the entity expects to recover these costs in future rates. Management's assessment of the probability of recovery or pass through of regulatory assets and liabilities requires judgment and interpretation of laws and regulatory commission orders. If, for any reason, the Company ceases to meet the criteria for application of regulatory accounting treatment for all or part of its operations, the regulatory assets and liabilities related to those portions ceasing to meet such criteria would be eliminated from the balance sheet and included in the income statement for the period in which the discontinuance of regulatory accounting treatment occurs. Management believes that currently available facts support the continued application of SFAS No. 71 and that all regulatory assets and liabilities are recoverable or refundable through the regulatory environment.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains statements which, to the extent they are not recitations of historical facts, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Reform Act). In this respect, the words "estimate", "project", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor protection provided by the Reform Act. A number of important factors affecting the Company's business and financial results could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in the forward-looking statements.

Item 3 - Controls and Procedures

a. Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. As of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report Form 10-QSB the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our "disclosure controls and procedures" (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15). Based upon that evaluation, or Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that material information relating to us and our consolidated subsidiaries is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner.

b. Changes in Internal Controls. There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Part II - Other Information

Item 6 - Exhibits

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Report:

31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

SIGNATURESIn accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



Date:

August 15, 2005

| | /s/ Thomas K. Barry                                       
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| | Thomas K. Barry, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO.



Date:

August 15, 2005

| | /s/ Kenneth J. Robinson                                               
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| | Kenneth J. Robinson, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer



Date:

August 15, 2005

| | /s/ Gary K. Earley                                     
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| | Gary K. Earley, Treasurer, Principal Accounting Officer





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Corning Natural Gas Corporation Certification under Section 906 of the Sarbanes/Oxley Act - filed as part of the 10-QSB for Quarter Ended June 30, 2005.

Presented on signature page of 10-QSB





CERTIFICATION

Each of the undersigned hereby certifies in his capacity as an officer of Corning Natural Gas Corporation (the "Company") that the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-QSB for the period ended June 30, 2005 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company at the end of such period and the results of operations of the Company for such period.





Dated: August 15, 2005

/s/ Thomas K. Barry

Thomas K. Barry, Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer



/s/ Kenneth J. Robinson

Kenneth J. Robinson, Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer







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CERTIFICATIONS







|I, Thomas K. Barry, certify that:
(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Corning Natural Gas Corporation;
(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
(4) The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and
(5) The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 15, 2005
/s/ Thomas K. Barry
Thomas K. Barry, Chairman of the Board
Chief Executive Officer
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|I, Kenneth J. Robinson, certify that:
(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Corning Natural Gas Corporation;
(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
(4) The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and
(5) The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 15, 2005 
/s/ Kenneth J. Robinson
Kenneth J. Robinson, Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
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