AMERINDO FUNDS INC
NSAR-B, 1999-03-04
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SIGNATURE   JAMES COLANTINO                              
TITLE       SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR
 


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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON
INTERNAL CONTROL 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors 
Amerindo Funds Inc.

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the 
Amerindo Technology Fund (the sole fund constituting Amerindo Funds 
Inc.; collectively known as the "Fund"), for the year ended December 31, 
1998,we considered its internal control,including control activities for 
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures 
for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements 
and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance
on internal control.

The Fund's management is responsible for establishing and maintaining 
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and 
judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and 
related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an 
audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial 
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity 
with generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include 
the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or 
disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error or fraud may 
occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of 
internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may 
become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the 
effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all 
matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under 
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public 
Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or 
operation of one or more of the internal control components does not 
reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by 
error or fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to the 
financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within 
a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their 
assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving internal 
control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding 
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above 
as of December 31, 1998.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of 
management, the Board of Directors of Amerindo Funds Inc., and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission.


/s/ Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Company
Certified Public Accountants 
Miami, Florida
February 1, 1999




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