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<ARTICLE>           6
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements for Community Investment Partners II, L.P. for the
quarter ended March 31, 1999 and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
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