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<ARTICLE>                6
<LEGEND>
           This schedule contains summary financial  information  extracted from
the 1996 Form 10-K Balance Sheet and  Statements of Operations  and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
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<PERIOD-TYPE>                           12-MOS
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<PERIOD-START>                           JAN-01-1996
<PERIOD-END>                             DEC-31-1996
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<ASSETS-OTHER>                             1,039,033
<OTHER-ITEMS-ASSETS>                               0
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<SENIOR-EQUITY>                                    0
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<DIVIDEND-INCOME>                                  0
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<APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT>                (23,317,903)
<NET-CHANGE-FROM-OPS>                     38,965,600
<EQUALIZATION>                                     0
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