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SIGNATURE C. FRANK WATSON III
TITLE SECRETARY
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Board of Trustees of Blue Ridge Funds Trust and Shareholders of Blue
Ridge Total Return Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Blue Ridge
Total Return Fund (a portfolio of the Blue Ridge Funds Trust) for the period
ended November 30, 1998 (on which we have issued our report dated December 18,
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 Blue Ridge Total Return 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, 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
November 30, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Trustees of Blue Ridge Funds Trust, and the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
December 18, 1998
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