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REPORT OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Alliance Government Reserves
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of Alliance Government Reserves, a series investment company
consisting of the Alliance Government Reserves Portfolio and the
Alliance Treasury Reserves Portfolio, for the year ended June
30, 1997, we considered its internal control, including controls
over 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 Alliance Government Reserves 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 safeguarding of
assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or
irregularities 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 any specific
internal control component does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk that errors or irregularities 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, including controls over safeguarding securities, that
we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
June 30, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
New York, New York
July 29, 1997
