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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition at January 31, 1996
(Unaudited) and the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the Three
Months Ended January 31, 1996 (Unaudited) and is qualified in it entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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