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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2011
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:  
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:

8.             PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:

 

Property and equipment, some of which has been pledged as collateral for long-term debt, is summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31,
2011

 

March 31,
2010

 

Land

 

$

6,737

 

$

6,737

 

Buildings and improvements

 

250,193

 

223,861

 

Data processing equipment

 

566,948

 

528,737

 

Office furniture and other equipment

 

64,839

 

64,749

 

 

 

888,717

 

824,084

 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

633,410

 

587,245

 

 

 

$

255,307

 

$

236,839

 

 

Depreciation expense on property and equipment (including amortization of property and equipment under capitalized leases) was $64.1 million, $60.7 million and $69.4 million for the years ended March 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.