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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
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 $928,383, increase accumulated net
realized loss on
investments by $197,412 and decrease paid in capital in
excess of par by
$730,971 for redemptions utilized as distributions for
federal income tax
purposes during the year and a tax operating loss for the
year ended March
31, 1999. Net investment loss, net realized gains and net
assets were not
affected by this change.
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
