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This schedule contains summary information from the The 59 Wall Street
European Equity Fund Annual Report, dated October 31, 2000, and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such report.
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<NAME> THE 59 WALL STREET FUND, INC.
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<NAME> THE 59 WALL STREET EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND
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