DIVIDENDS DECLARED AND PAID (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

DIVIDENDS DECLARED AND PAID

Dividends Declared and Paid

  Dividends declared and paid on a per share basis were as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 31				July 31
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Dividends declared	$	.60	$	.60	$	1.80	$	1.62
Dividends paid	$	.60	$	.51	$	1.80	$	1.53