| COMMENT        FILE NUMBER: | **97--020** | 8/24/98        05:46 PM |
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|  | **Applications of the NYMEX for Designation as a Contract Market in        Futures** |
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|  | **and        Options on the Hong Kong Stock Index** |
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| FR        CITE: | 62 FR 43518        (August 14, 1997) |
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| CLOSES: | 8/29/97 |
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| EXTENDED: |
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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 availability of trems and conditions of proposed commodity futures        and option** |
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|  | **contracts** |
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| DATE: | 8/14/97 | FR        PAGE: | 43518 | PAGES: | 0 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **1** |
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|  | **Terms        and Conditions of the Proposed Contracts** |
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| DATE: | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 14 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **2** |
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|  | **Index to        Comment File No. 96--043, NYME Hong Kong Stock Index Futures and        Options** |
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| DATE: | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 1 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **3** |
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|  | **61 FR        58864 (November 19, 1996), Original Publication of        Matter** |
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| DATE: | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 1 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **4** |
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|  | **NYME        Request to Extend Statutory Review Process** |
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| DATE: | 10/2/97 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 1 |
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