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Form N-23C-1
Report for Calendar month Ending October 31, 1999
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Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.
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Approximate asset value
Number of or approximate asset Name of
Date of each Identification of shares Price per coverage per share at Seller or of
transaction each security purchased share time of purchase Sellers Broker
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Swiss Helvetia
Fund-(Cusip-
10/6/99 870875101) 7100 14.5625 17.99 NYSE
10/11/99 (same) 600 14.5 18.05 NYSE
10/12/99 (same) 6500 14.5 18.07 NYSE
10/18/99 (same) 5100 14 17.61 NYSE
10/19/99 (same) 3400 14.1875 17.89 NYSE
10/20/99 (same) 5700 14.125 17.75 NYSE
10/21/99 (same) 2600 13.9375 17.64 NYSE
10/22/99 (same) 5700 14.1579 17.57 NYSE
10/25/99 (same) 1400 13.9375 17.46 NYSE
10/26/99 (same) 4900 14.125 17.41 NYSE
10/28/99 (same) 4900 14.125 17.59 NYSE
10/29/99 (same) 4900 14.3125 17.82 NYSE
Total 52,800
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