UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
            Before the 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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            In the Matter of

NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY                               THIRD
NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION              CERTIFICATE
NATIONAL FUEL GAS SUPPLY CORPORATION                    PURSUANT TO
SENECA RESOURCES CORPORATION                            RULE 24
EMPIRE EXPLORATION, INC.
NATIONAL FUEL RESOURCES, INC.

File No. 70-8251
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935)
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          THIS IS TO CERTIFY, pursuant to Rule 24, that certain 

transactions proposed by National Fuel Gas Company ("National") and 

certain of its subsidiaries, National Fuel Gas Distribution 

Corporation ("Distribution Corporation"), National Fuel Gas Supply 

Corporation ("Supply Corporation"), Seneca Resources Corporation 

("Seneca"), and National Fuel Resources, Inc. ("NFR")(the "Covered 

Subsidiaries") in Form U-1, Application-Declaration, File No. 

70-8251, as amended, have been carried out in accordance with the 

terms and conditions, and for the purposes as represented by said 

Application-Declaration, and the Order of the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (HCAR No. 35-25922 dated November 12, 1993) with respect 

thereto, in that, during the quarter ended September 30, 1995 no 

guarantees were made by National on behalf of the Covered 

Subsidiaries.



November 14, 1995
                                   NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY



                                   By:/s/Gerald T. Wehrlin
                                      Gerald T. Wehrlin
                                      Controller