As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March ___, 1997

                                     Registration No. 333-_______

______________________________________________________________________________


               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549
                _________________________________

                            FORM S-8
                  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                _________________________________

                    BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                            82-0100960
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)            Identification No.)

         1111 West Jefferson Street, Boise, Idaho 83702
       (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
                _________________________________

                    BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
              1984 KEY EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                    (Full title of the plan)
                _________________________________

                        JOHN W. HOLLERAN
            Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                    Boise Cascade Corporation
                       Post Office Box 50
                     Boise, Idaho 83728-0001
             (Name and address of agent for service)
                _________________________________

                          208/384-6161
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
______________________________________________________________________________
                                        Proposed      Proposed
                                        maximum        maximum
                       Amount           offering      aggregate    Amount of
Title of securities     to be           price per      offering  registration
  to be registered    registered          share        price(1)     fee(1)
______________________________________________________________________________
Common Stock,      1,100,000 shares      $33.375     $36,712,500    $11,125
$2.50 par value

Common Stock       1,100,000 shares        N/A           N/A          N/A
Purchase Rights(2)
______________________________________________________________________________
(1) The shares of Common Stock being registered will be issued in connection
    with the 1984 Key Executive Stock Option Plan.  The aggregate offering
    price and registration fee have been calculated in accordance with
    17 C.F.R. 230.457(h) and in accordance with Section 6(b) of the
    Securities Act of 1933.
(2) Rights are evidenced by certificates for shares of the Common Stock and
    automatically trade with such Common Stock.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

<PAGE>
                    BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
                      Cross-reference sheet

Item in     Page or Caption in 1984 Key Executive Stock Option
Form S-8    Plan Registration Statement                       

1........   Inapplicable

2........   Inapplicable

3........   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

4........   Description of Securities

5........   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

6........   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

7........   Inapplicable

8........   Exhibits

9........   Undertakings

<PAGE>
             Incorporation of Documents by Reference

    The following documents filed by Boise Cascade Corporation (the
"Company") with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

     1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995;

     2. Interim Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1996,
        June 30, 1996, and September 30, 1996;

     3. Definitive Proxy Statement dated March 6, 1996, used in connection
        with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 19, 1996; and

     4. The description of the Company's Common Stock which appears on
        pages 19 to 22 of its Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with
        the Commission on April 5, 1965, and in the amendments thereto on
        Form 8 dated May 24, 1965, and March 4, 1986.

    All other reports, proxy statements, and other documents filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the termination of
the offering of the securities made by this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part of it from the date of the filing of such documents.

    The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom this
Registration Statement is delivered, including any beneficial owner, upon
written or oral request, a copy of the Company's annual report to shareholders
for its last fiscal year and a copy of any or all of the documents referred to
above which have been or may be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement, other than exhibits to the documents.  Any written or oral request
should be directed to Boise Cascade Corporation, P.O. Box 50, Boise, Idaho
83728-0001, Attention Investor Relations Department, telephone number
208/384-6390.

                    Description of Securities

    The securities covered by this Registration Statement consist of a
maximum of 1,100,000 shares of the Company's $2.50 par value common stock (the
"Common Stock"), together with the related Common Stock purchase rights.

             Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

    The audited financial statements and schedules included or incorporated
by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, which have been incorporated herein by reference, have been
audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated
in their report dated January 26, 1996, with respect thereto, and which is
also incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of that
firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving such reports.

    The legality of the issuance of the Common Stock offered hereby is being
passed upon for the Company by John W. Holleran, Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of the Company.  As of December 31, 1996, Mr. Holleran held
1,060 shares of Common Stock.  As of that date, Mr. Holleran also held
718 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D, in the Company's Employee
Stock Option Plan ("ESOP").  

            Indemnification of Directors and Officers

    Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware authorizes the
Company to indemnify its directors and officers under specified circumstances.

The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws provide that
the Company shall indemnify, to the extent permitted by Delaware law, its
directors and officers against liabilities (including expenses, judgments, and
settlements) incurred by them in connection with any actual or threatened
action, suit, or proceeding to which they are or may become parties and which
arise out of their status as directors, officers, or employees.  The Company
has also entered into agreements with each director to indemnify him or her to
the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

    The Company has insurance for amounts paid as indemnification of
directors and officers for certain liabilities imposed and expenses incurred
in defending actions, suits, or proceedings to which those persons are parties
by reason of being directors or officers.

    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), may be permitted to directors,
officers, or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, the Company has been informed that, in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

                            Exhibits

    The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit
Index which immediately precedes such exhibits and which is incorporated
herein by this reference.

                          Undertakings

    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
        a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

            (i) Not applicable.

           (ii) Not applicable.

          (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
                plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                registration statement or any material change to such
                information in the registration statement.

      2.  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
          Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
          to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
          offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
          shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      3.  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
          any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
          termination of the offering.

      4.  Not applicable.

      5.  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
          determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
          the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
          Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
          filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
          Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
          reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
          new registration statement relating to the securities offered
          therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
          deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      6.  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
          Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and
          controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
          provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
          the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
          indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
          Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event
          that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
          than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
          a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in
          the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is
          asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in
          connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
          will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
          settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
          against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
          be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

<PAGE>
            Consent of Independent Public Accountants

     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of our report dated
January 26, 1996, incorporated by reference in Boise Cascade Corporation's
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, and to all references to our
firm included in this Registration Statement.


                                          /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP

                                          ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Boise, Idaho
March 4, 1997

<PAGE>
                        Power of Attorney

     Each person whose signature appears below hereby appoints George J.
Harad and John W. Holleran, and each of them severally, acting alone and
without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with authority
to execute in the name of each such person and to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits thereto and other documents
therewith, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules,
regulations, and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes in the
Registration Statement as the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same
deems appropriate.

                           Signatures

The Registrant.  

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Boise, state of Idaho, on March 4,
1997.

                                   BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION


                                   By /s/ George J. Harad              
                                      Chairman of the Board and
                                      Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on March 4, 1997.

      Signature                             Title


/s/ George J. Harad                Chairman of the Board and
      George J. Harad               Chief Executive Officer
                                  (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Theodore Crumley               Senior Vice President and
      Theodore Crumley              Chief Financial Officer


/s/ Thomas E. Carlile              Vice President and Controller
     Thomas E. Carlile            (Principal Accounting Officer)

<PAGE>
       Signature                              Title

A Majority of the Directors


/s/ George J. Harad                          Director
     George J. Harad


/s/ Anne L. Armstrong                        Director
     Anne L. Armstrong


/s/ Robert E. Coleman                        Director
     Robert E. Coleman


/s/ Robert K. Jaedicke                       Director
     Robert K. Jaedicke


/s/ Donald S. Macdonald                      Director
     Donald S. Macdonald


/s/ James A. McClure                         Director
     James A. McClure


/s/ Paul J. Phoenix                          Director
     Paul J. Phoenix


/s/ A. William Reynolds                      Director
     A. William Reynolds


/s/ Jane E. Shaw                             Director
     Jane E. Shaw


/s/ Frank A. Shrontz                         Director
     Frank A. Shrontz


/s/ Edson W. Spencer                         Director
     Edson W. Spencer


/s/ Ward W. Woods, Jr.                       Director
     Ward W. Woods, Jr.



Dated:  March 4, 1997

<PAGE>
                        INDEX TO EXHIBITS

                Filed With Registration Statement
                           on Form S-8
                      _____________________

Number                    Description                        Page Number

4          Boise Cascade Corporation 1984 Key Executive
           Stock Option Plan, as amended through July 25,
           1996

5          Opinion of John W. Holleran, Senior Vice
           President and General Counsel for the Company

15         Inapplicable                                          --

23.1       Consent of Independent Public Accountants
           (included in Registration Statement)                  --

23.2       Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)            --

24         Power of Attorney (included on signature
           page)                                                 --

28         Inapplicable                                          --

99         Inapplicable                                          --
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March ___, 1997

                                     Registration No. 333-_______

______________________________________________________________________________

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549
                _________________________________

                            FORM S-8
                  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                _________________________________

                    BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                            82-0100960
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)            Identification No.)

         1111 West Jefferson Street, Boise, Idaho 83702
       (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
                _________________________________

                    BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
              1984 KEY EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                    (Full title of the plan)
                _________________________________

                        JOHN W. HOLLERAN
            Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                    Boise Cascade Corporation
                       Post Office Box 50
                     Boise, Idaho 83728-0001
             (Name and address of agent for service)
                _________________________________

                          208/384-6161
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
______________________________________________________________________________
                                        Proposed      Proposed
                                        maximum        maximum
                       Amount           offering      aggregate    Amount of
Title of securities     to be           price per      offering  registration
  to be registered    registered          share        price(1)     fee(1)
______________________________________________________________________________
Common Stock,      1,100,000 shares      $33.375     $36,712,500    $11,125
$2.50 par value

Common Stock       1,100,000 shares        N/A           N/A          N/A
Purchase Rights(2)
______________________________________________________________________________
(1) The shares of Common Stock being registered will be issued in connection
    with the 1984 Key Executive Stock Option Plan.  The aggregate offering
    price and registration fee have been calculated in accordance with
    17 C.F.R. 230.457(h) and in accordance with Section 6(b) of the
    Securities Act of 1933.
(2) Rights are evidenced by certificates for shares of the Common Stock and
    automatically trade with such Common Stock.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
                      Cross-reference sheet

Item in     Page or Caption in 1984 Key Executive Stock Option
Form S-8    Plan Registration Statement                       

1........   Inapplicable

2........   Inapplicable

3........   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

4........   Description of Securities

5........   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

6........   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

7........   Inapplicable

8........   Exhibits

9........   Undertakings
Incorporation of Documents by Reference

    The following documents filed by Boise Cascade Corporation (the
"Company") with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

     1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995;

     2. Interim Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1996,
        June 30, 1996, and September 30, 1996;

     3. Definitive Proxy Statement dated March 6, 1996, used in connection
        with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 19, 1996; and

     4. The description of the Company's Common Stock which appears on
        pages 19 to 22 of its Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with
        the Commission on April 5, 1965, and in the amendments thereto on
        Form 8 dated May 24, 1965, and March 4, 1986.

    All other reports, proxy statements, and other documents filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the termination of
the offering of the securities made by this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part of it from the date of the filing of such documents.

    The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom this
Registration Statement is delivered, including any beneficial owner, upon
written or oral request, a copy of the Company's annual report to shareholders
for its last fiscal year and a copy of any or all of the documents referred to
above which have been or may be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement, other than exhibits to the documents.  Any written or oral request
should be directed to Boise Cascade Corporation, P.O. Box 50, Boise, Idaho
83728-0001, Attention Investor Relations Department, telephone number
208/384-6390.

                    Description of Securities

    The securities covered by this Registration Statement consist of a
maximum of 1,100,000 shares of the Company's $2.50 par value common stock (the
"Common Stock"), together with the related Common Stock purchase rights.

             Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

    The audited financial statements and schedules included or incorporated
by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, which have been incorporated herein by reference, have been
audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated
in their report dated January 26, 1996, with respect thereto, and which is
also incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of that
firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving such reports.

    The legality of the issuance of the Common Stock offered hereby is being
passed upon for the Company by John W. Holleran, Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of the Company.  As of December 31, 1996, Mr. Holleran held
1,060 shares of Common Stock.  As of that date, Mr. Holleran also held
718 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D, in the Company's Employee
Stock Option Plan ("ESOP").  

            Indemnification of Directors and Officers

    Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware authorizes the
Company to indemnify its directors and officers under specified circumstances.

The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws provide that
the Company shall indemnify, to the extent permitted by Delaware law, its
directors and officers against liabilities (including expenses, judgments, and
settlements) incurred by them in connection with any actual or threatened
action, suit, or proceeding to which they are or may become parties and which
arise out of their status as directors, officers, or employees.  The Company
has also entered into agreements with each director to indemnify him or her to
the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

    The Company has insurance for amounts paid as indemnification of
directors and officers for certain liabilities imposed and expenses incurred
in defending actions, suits, or proceedings to which those persons are parties
by reason of being directors or officers.

    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), may be permitted to directors,
officers, or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, the Company has been informed that, in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

                            Exhibits

    The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit
Index which immediately precedes such exhibits and which is incorporated
herein by this reference.

                          Undertakings

    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
        a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

            (i) Not applicable.

           (ii) Not applicable.

          (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
                plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                registration statement or any material change to such
                information in the registration statement.

      2.  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
          Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
          to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
          offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
          shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      3.  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
          any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
          termination of the offering.

      4.  Not applicable.

      5.  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
          determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
          the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
          Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
          filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
          Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
          reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
          new registration statement relating to the securities offered
          therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
          deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      6.  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
          Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and
          controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
          provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
          the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
          indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
          Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event
          that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
          than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
          a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in
          the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is
          asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in
          connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
          will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
          settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
          against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
          be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Consent of Independent Public Accountants

     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of our report dated
January 26, 1996, incorporated by reference in Boise Cascade Corporation's
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, and to all references to our
firm included in this Registration Statement.

                                          /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP

                                          ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Boise, Idaho
March 4, 1997
Power of Attorney

     Each person whose signature appears below hereby appoints George J.
Harad and John W. Holleran, and each of them severally, acting alone and
without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with authority
to execute in the name of each such person and to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits thereto and other documents
therewith, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules,
regulations, and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes in the
Registration Statement as the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same
deems appropriate.

                           Signatures

The Registrant.  

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Boise, state of Idaho, on March 4,
1997.

                                   BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION

                                   By /s/ George J. Harad              
                                      Chairman of the Board and
                                      Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on March 4, 1997.

      Signature                             Title

/s/ George J. Harad                Chairman of the Board and
      George J. Harad               Chief Executive Officer
                                  (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Theodore Crumley               Senior Vice President and
      Theodore Crumley              Chief Financial Officer

/s/ Thomas E. Carlile              Vice President and Controller
     Thomas E. Carlile            (Principal Accounting Officer)
Signature                              Title

A Majority of the Directors

/s/ George J. Harad                          Director
     George J. Harad

/s/ Anne L. Armstrong                        Director
     Anne L. Armstrong

/s/ Robert E. Coleman                        Director
     Robert E. Coleman

/s/ Robert K. Jaedicke                       Director
     Robert K. Jaedicke

/s/ Donald S. Macdonald                      Director
     Donald S. Macdonald

/s/ James A. McClure                         Director
     James A. McClure

/s/ Paul J. Phoenix                          Director
     Paul J. Phoenix

/s/ A. William Reynolds                      Director
     A. William Reynolds

/s/ Jane E. Shaw                             Director
     Jane E. Shaw

/s/ Frank A. Shrontz                         Director
     Frank A. Shrontz

/s/ Edson W. Spencer                         Director
     Edson W. Spencer

/s/ Ward W. Woods, Jr.                       Director
     Ward W. Woods, Jr.

Dated:  March 4, 1997
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

                Filed With Registration Statement
                           on Form S-8
                      _____________________

Number                    Description                        Page Number

4          Boise Cascade Corporation 1984 Key Executive
           Stock Option Plan, as amended through July 25,
           1996

5          Opinion of John W. Holleran, Senior Vice
           President and General Counsel for the Company

15         Inapplicable                                          --

23.1       Consent of Independent Public Accountants
           (included in Registration Statement)                  --

23.2       Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)            --

24         Power of Attorney (included on signature
           page)                                                 --

28         Inapplicable                                          --

99         Inapplicable                                          --