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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                     FORM 5

               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

|_|  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

|_|  Form 3 Holdings Reported

|X|  Form 4 Transactions Reported

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Mulkerin                               John                  P.
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   (Last)                            (First)              (Middle)

6 Oak Grove Lane
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                                    (Street)

Edison                                  NJ                  08820
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   (City)                            (State)                (Zip)
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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

                        Middlesext Water Company (MSEX)

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3.   I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)



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4.   Statement for Month/Year

                               December 31, 2002

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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)



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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     |X|  Director                             |_|  10% Owner
     |_|  Officer (give title below)           |_|  Other (specify below)

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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing
     (check applicable line)

     |X|  Form filed by One Reporting Person
     |_|  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6. 4. Amount of Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship 2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7. 2. Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Direct Nature of Trans- Execution Code ------------------------------- at the End (D) or Indirect 1. action Date, if (Instr. 8) (A) of Issuer's Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date any ------------ or Fiscal Year (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Amount (D) Price (Instr. 3 & 4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock V 1,750 A 5,250 I See Explanation Street Name - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v). FORM 5 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
10. 9. Owner- Number ship 2. of of Conver- 5. 7. Deriv- Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount ative ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Secur- Secur- of Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price ities ity: In- cise Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Bene- Direct direct Price 3. Execut- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ficially (D) or Bene- 1. of Trans- ion Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Owned In- ficial Title of Deriv- action Date if (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- at End direct Owner- Derivative ative Date any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity of Year (I) ship Security Secur- (mm/dd/ (mm/dd/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity yy) yy) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: Additional shares acquired as a result of three-for-two stock splits. /s/ Marion F. Reynolds, Power of Attorney for John P. Mulkerin January 2, 2003 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.