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<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Balance
Sheet as of June 30, 1998 and Statements of Income for the Six and Three Months
Ended June 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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