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For the semi-annual period ended 3/31/98
File number 811-08167
SUB-ITEM 77 0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
I.
1. Name of Issuer
AMRESCO
2. Date of Purchase
2/23/98
3. Number of Securities Purchased
23,200
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$696,000
5. Price Per Unit
$30.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased:
Credit Suisse First Boston
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Piper Jaffray, Inc.
Prudential Securities Incorporated
The Robinson-Humphrey Company
May 14, 1998
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Prudential Small-Cap Quantum Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of
Prudential Small-Cap Quantum Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
for the period ended
March 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 management of the Fund 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,
errors 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 of
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 March 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and
use of management and
the Board of Directors of the Fund and the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Reclassification of Capital Accounts: The Fund accounts for
and reports
distributions to shareholders in accordance with "Statement
of Position 93-2:
Determination, Disclosure, and Financial Statement
Presentation of Income,
Capital Gain, and Return of Capital Distributions by
Investment Companies."
The effect of applying this statement was to decrease
accumulated net
investment loss by $153,770, decrease accumulated net
realized gain on
investments by $69,566 and decrease paid in capital in
excess of par by
$84,204 due to distributions paid from net investment income
to satisfy tax
requirements which was subsequently offset by net investment
losses and
certain expenses not deductible for tax purposes. Net
investment loss,
net realized gains and net assets were not affected by this
investment.
