| COMMENT        FILE NUMBER: | **97--007** | 8/24/98        05:28 PM |
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|  | **Chicago        Mercantile Exchange Application for Designation as Contract** |
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|  | **Markets        for Futures and Options on the New Zealand Dollar** |
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| FR        CITE: | 62 FR 7438        (February 19, 1997) |
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| CLOSES: | 3/21/97 |
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| **FILE        CONTENTS** |
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| **(FR =        Federal Register; NC = Non Comment or Background Material; CL = Comment        Letter)** |
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| Documents        which do not have PDF links are availabe on request to        [email protected] by using the |
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| electronic        request form. Electronic distribution of the documents is possible,        depending on the |
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| requester's        ability to receive them. Paper copies of documents are available within        the Washington, D.C., |
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| area        through the Commission's Public Reading Room and outside the area        through use of the |
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| electronic        request form. Fees of 15 cents per page apply to paper        copies. |
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|  | **REQUEST FORM** |
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| DOCUMENT: | **FR** | **1** |
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|  | **Notice        of proposed contract market rule change** |
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| DATE: | 2/19/97 | FR        PAGE: | 07438 | PAGES: | 1 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **1** |
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|  | **Staff        Document, Division of Economic Analysis** |
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| DATE: | 4/7/97 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 42 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **2** |
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|  | **Letter        of Approval** |
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| DATE: | 4/16/97 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 42 |
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