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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
condensed consolidated balance sheet of Transnational Industries, Inc. as of
October 31, 2000 and the related condensed consolidated statement of operations
and statement of cash flows for the nine months then ended and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
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