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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from CalMat
Co. Consolidated Financial Statements as of September 30, 1994 and for the
nine months then ended and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> CALMAT CO.
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