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<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the balance
sheet as of September 30, 1998 and statements of income for the nine and three
months ended September 30, 1998, and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Swisher International Group Inc
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