SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                                  FORM 12b-25

                                              Commission File Number: 000-11716

                          NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
(Check One): [ ] Form 10-K  [ ] Form 11-K  [ ] Form 20-F  [X] Form 10-Q
[  ] Form N-SAR

For Period Ended:  September 30, 1994
[ ] Transition Report on Form 10-K          [ ] Transition Report on Form 10-Q
[ ] Transition Report on Form 20-F          [ ] Transition Report on Form N-SAR
[ ] Transition Report on Form 1 I-K
For the Transition Period Ended:

     Read attached instruction sheet before preparing form. Please print or
type.

     Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has
verified any information contained herein.

     If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above,
identify the Item(s) to which the notification relates:

                         PART I. REGISTRANT INFORMATION

Full name of registrant:  Community Bank System, Inc.
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Former name if applicable:

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Address of principal executive office (Street and number):

                            5790 Widewaters Parkway
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City, State and Zip Code:  DeWitt, NY  13214
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                        PART II. RULE 12B-25 (B) AND (C)

     If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or
expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the
following should be completed. (Check appropriate box.)

   |(a) The reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III of this
   |    form could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense;
   |
   |(b) The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report
   |    on Form IO-K, 2O-F, 11-K or Form N-SAR, or portion thereof will be
[X]|    filed on or before the 15th calendar day following the prescribed due
   |    date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report on Form 10-Q,
   |    or portion thereof will be filed on or before the fifth calendar day
   |    following the prescribed due date; and
   |
   |(c) The accountant's statement or other exhibit required by Rule
   |    12b-25(c) has been attached if applicable. 

                               PART III-NARRATIVE

     State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 1O-K, 1l-K, 20-F,
10-Q, N-SAR or the transition report portion thereof could not be filed within
the prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed.)

During the final review of the "capital" section of the Form 10-Q by the
company's Chief Financial Officer, it was discovered that the market value
adjustment (MVA) was incorrectly included in the definition of the tier 1
leverage and risk-based capital ratios. Treatment of the MVA in capital
calculations has been an area of varying interpretation among bank regulators,
the SEC and the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The calculations and
supporting narrative were changed to correct the error detected. The resulting
delay and attendant extra effort to change the file that had already been
converted to the Edgar format prior to the error being discovered caused the
final submission to be delayed.




                           Part IV. Other Information

     (1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification

Charles M. Ertal, Assistant Treasurer      (315)       445-2282  Ext. 209
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        (Name)                          (Area code)    (Telephone number)

     (2) Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act
of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If the answer is no,
identify report(s).
                                                                     [X]Yes[ ]No

     (3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations
from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the
earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof?.
                                                                     [ ]Yes[X]No

     If so: attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively
and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable
estimate of the results cannot be made.

                          Community Bank System, Inc.
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                  (Name of registrant as specified in charter)

Has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.

Date:  November 15, 1995       By:  /s/ David G. Wallace
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                                    David G. Wallace, Treasurer

          Instruction. The form may be signed by an executive officer of the
     registrant or by any other duly authorized representative. The name and
     title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed beneath the
     signature. If the statement is signed on behalf of the registrant by an
     authorized representative (other than an executive officer), evidence of
     the representative's authority to sign on behalf of the registrant shall be
     filed with the form.

                                   ATTENTION

     Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal
violations (see 18 U.S.C. l001).

                              GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

     1. This form is required by Rule 12b-25 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     2. One signed original and four conformed copies of this form and
amendments thereto must be completed and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, in accordance with Rule 0-3 of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Act. The information contained in or filed with
the form will be made a matter of the public record in the Commission files.

     3. A manually signed copy of the form and amendments thereto shall be filed
with each national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the
registrant is registered.

     4. Amendments to the notifications must also be filed on Form 12b-25 but
need not restate information that has been correctly furnished. The form shall
be clearly identified as an amended notification.

     5. Electronic Filers. This form shall not be used by electronic filers
unable to timely file a report solely due to electronic difficulties. Filers
unable to submit a report within the time period prescribed due to difficulties
in electronic filing should comply with either Rule 201 or Rule 202 of
Regulation S-T or apply for an adjustment in filing date pursuant to Rule 13(b)
of Regulation S-T.