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ARTHUR
ANDERSEN
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Arthur Andersen LLP
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1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10105-0032
To the Shareholders and
Board of Trustees of Castle Convertible Fund, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Castle
Convertible Fund, Inc. for the year ended October 31, 1999, 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 Castle Convertible Fund, Inc. 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 relatively low level the
risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud 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 October 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Trustees of Castle Convertible Fund Inc., and the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
/s/Arthur Andersen LLP
New York, New York
December 7, 1999
