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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. 33
File No. 70-6306 : ____________
:
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935): TRANSACTIONS
____________________________________________: DURING PERIOD
October 1, 1994
through
December 31, 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, November 9, 1989, and
November 30, 1994 (HCAR Nos. 22388, 22571, 23114, 23497, 24053, 24982
and 26174, respectively) in the above captioned proceedings, the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") permitted the
Declaration of Consolidated Natural Gas Company ("Consolidated") to
become and remain 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 J. M. Hostetler
Its Attorney
Dated this 31st day
of January, 1995