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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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:
In the Matter of : CERTIFICATE
: of
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY : NOTIFICATION
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania :
: NO. 31
File No. 70-6306 : ____________
:
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935): TRANSACTIONS
____________________________________________: DURING PERIOD
April 1, 1994
through
June 30, 1994
TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION:
By Order dated June 7, 1979 (HCAR No. 21089), as amended by
Supplemental Orders dated February 12, 1982, July 9, 1982, November
14, 1983, November 26, 1984, March 20, 1986, and November 9, 1989
(HCAR Nos. 22388, 22571, 23114, 23497, 24053 and 24982, respectively)
in the above captioned proceedings, the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Commission") permitted the Declaration of Consolidated
Natural Gas Company ("Consolidated") to become effective, thereby
authorizing Consolidated to issue and sell up to 3,255,404 shares
(adjusted for two stock splits) of its authorized but unissued Common
Stock, $2.75 par value, to Society Bank (successor to AmeriTrust
Company National Association) ("Agent"), the agent for Consolidated's
common stockholders participating in its Dividend Reinvestment Plan
("DRP"), and issue up to 744,596 shares (adjusted for two stock
splits) to the Trustees of its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
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This Certificate is filed pursuant to Rule 24 as a notification
that all shares allocated to the DRP under this proceeding have been
issued.
During the period there were no shares issued to the ESOP
Trustees. Thus as of the date hereof, 133,251 shares allocated to the
ESOP under this proceeding remain unissued.
The "past-tense" opinion required by paragraph F(2) of the
instructions as to exhibits for Form U-1 will be filed when all of the
transactions authorized pursuant to said Orders have been consummated.
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY
By H. P. Payne, Jr.
Its Attorney
Dated this 29th day
of July, 1994
