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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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79 Report of Independent Auditors
 N on-Consolidated Balance Sheets
82 N on-Consolidated Statem ents of Incom e
83 N on-Consolidated Statem ents of Appropriations of Retained Earnings
 N on-Consolidated Statem ents of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
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