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<S> <C>
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END> OCT-31-2000
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<INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE> 19,072,810
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<SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR> 401,350
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<OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS> 0
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<DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS> 0
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<NUMBER-OF-SHARES-REDEEMED> (40,811)
<SHARES-REINVESTED> 16,544
<NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS> 5,545,897
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<PER-SHARE-NII> .31
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<FN>
<F1>Without the Manager's voluntary waiver of a portion of certain expenses for
this period, this fund would have had per share net investment income of
$(.02) and a ratio of expenses to average net assets of 2.48%. The amount
waived was $3,835.
</FN>
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