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<S> <C>
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<NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME> (13,405)
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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 $(.06) and a ratio of expenses to average net assets of 4.92%.
The amount waived was $4,090.
</FN>
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