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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(1) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940
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<S> <C> <C>
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
South Jersey Industries, Inc. quiring Statement South Jersey Gas Company
(Month/Day/Year)
4-28-97
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Se- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer 6. If Amendment,
curity Number of (Check all applicable) Date of
Number One South Jersey Plaza Reporting Person Original
Route 54 (Voluntary) ___Director [x]10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
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(Street) ___Officer (give ___Other (specify 7. Individual or
title below) below) Joint/Group
Filing (Check
---------------------- applicable line)
[x]Form filed by
One Reporting
Person
___Form filed by
More than One
Reporting
Folsom NJ 08037 Person
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(City) (State) (Zip)
Table 1 - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership
Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(1)(Instr. 5) (I)(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value 2,399,139 D
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$2.50 per share
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see instruction
5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (continued) Table II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
Date (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative
Year) vative Security:
Security Direct
--------------------------------------------- (D) or
<C> <C> <C> Indirect
Amount (1)
Date Expira- or (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title Number
cisable Date of
Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/George L. Baulig, Secretary,
on behalf of South Jersey
Industries, Inc. April 30, 1997
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/**/Signature of Reporting Person Date
/**/Intentional misstatement or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
