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Form N-23C-1
Report for Calendar month Ending January 31,2000
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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-
1/3/00 870875101) 12000 13.9583 17.66 NYSE
1/4/00 (same) 12000 13.4115 17.36 NYSE
1/5/00 (same) 6000 13.6875 17.17 NYSE
1/10/00 (same) 6000 14 17.76 NYSE
1/19/00 (same) 13300 13.5625 17.23 NYSE
1/20/00 (same) 1000 13.3125 17.13 NYSE
1/24/00 (same) 13800 13.3125 16.77 NYSE
1/25/00 (same) 13800 13.3125 16.46 NYSE
1/26/00 (same) 6800 12.9375 16.53 NYSE
1/28/00 (same) 2200 12.75 16.27 NYSE
Total 86,900
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