Exhibit 23.5
[SECURITIES DATA COMPANY LETTERHEAD]
We hereby consent to the use of the information we provided for use in Amendment
No. 2 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-74449) relating to the offering of
shares of Common Stock by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and to the references to
our name in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement, including under the
caption "Experts".
Securities Data Company,
A division of Thomson Information Services
/s/ Kenneth J. Seng
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Kenneth J. Seng
Director, Account Management
& Client Training
April 13, 1999