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                                  DODGE & COX
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                                 Balanced Fund
                               Established 1931



                               Quarterly Report
                                March 31, 1995

                                     1995
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                                  DODGE & COX
                                 Balanced Fund

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                                  Dodge & Cox
                              Investment Managers
                                  35th Floor
                              One Sansome Street
                                 San Francisco
                               California 94104
                                (415) 981-1710
 
                           For Fund literature and 
                           information, please call:
                                (800) 621-3979
 
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                           Portfolio of Investments                                                               March 31, 1995
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                               SHARES                                                                               MARKET VALUE
<C>                        <C>             <S>                                                                      <C> 
COMMON                     FINANCE: 11.8%
STOCKS:                        391,000     American Express Co. ...............................................     $ 13,636,125
56.0%                           77,000     American International Group, Inc. .................................        8,027,250
                               200,000     Bank of Boston Corp. ...............................................        5,950,000
                               210,000     BankAmerica Corp. ..................................................       10,132,500
                               125,000     Barnett Banks, Inc. ................................................        5,687,500
                                98,000     Chubb Corp. ........................................................        7,742,000
                                68,000     CIGNA Corp. ........................................................        5,083,000
                               262,000     Citicorp ...........................................................       11,135,000
                                55,000     General Re Corp. ...................................................        7,260,000
                               278,500     Golden West Financial Corp. ........................................       10,652,625
                                56,000     ITT Corp. ..........................................................        5,747,000
                                62,600     Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. .....................................        1,126,800
                               149,000     Morgan (J.P.) & Co. ................................................        9,089,000
                               263,000     Norwest Corp. ......................................................        6,673,625
                               120,000     The St. Paul Cos., Inc. ............................................        6,000,000
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                                                                                                                     113,942,425
                           CONSUMER: 11.1%
                                15,513     Cox Communications, Inc. Class A ...................................          259,843
                               215,000     Dayton-Hudson Corp. ................................................       15,372,500
                               222,000     Dillard Department Stores, Inc. Class A ............................        6,132,750
                               168,000     Fleming Cos., Inc. .................................................        3,801,000
                               244,000     Fruit of the Loom, Inc. ............................................        6,405,000
                               340,000     General Motors Corp. ...............................................       15,045,000
                               540,000     Kmart Corp. ........................................................        7,425,000
                               450,000     Masco Corp. ........................................................       12,431,250
                               288,000     Melville Corp. .....................................................       10,728,000
                               220,000     Nordstrom, Inc. ....................................................        8,910,000
                               166,000     Procter & Gamble Co. ...............................................       10,997,500
                               180,078     Times Mirror Co. Series A ..........................................        3,466,502
                               120,000     Whirlpool Corp. ....................................................        6,570,000
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                                                                                                                     107,544,345
                           ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTERS: 6.1%
                               313,000     Digital Equipment Corp. ............................................       11,854,875
                                74,000     Hewlett-Packard Co. ................................................        8,907,750
                               173,000     International Business Machines Corp. ..............................       14,164,375
                                92,800     Motorola, Inc. .....................................................        5,069,200
                               100,000     Sun Microsystems, Inc. .............................................        3,462,500
                               249,200     Tandem Computers, Inc. .............................................        3,862,600
                               130,000     Texas Instruments, Inc. ............................................       11,505,000
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                                                                                                                      58,826,300
                           BASIC INDUSTRY: 5.8%
                               269,000     Aluminum Co. of America ............................................       11,129,875
                                50,000     Boise Cascade Corp. ................................................        1,737,500
                               137,000     Dow Chemical Co. ...................................................       10,001,000
                               125,000     International Paper Co. ............................................        9,390,625
                               325,000     James River Corp. of Virginia ......................................        8,450,000
                               139,700     Nalco Chemical Co. .................................................        4,697,413
                               267,000     Weyerhaeuser Co. ...................................................       10,379,625
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                                                                                                                      55,786,038
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                           Portfolio of Investments                                                               March 31, 1995
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                               SHARES                                                                               MARKET VALUE
<C>                        <C>             <S>                                                                      <C>
COMMON                     ENERGY: 4.9%
STOCKS                         180,000     Amerada Hess Corp. .................................................     $  8,887,500
(Continued)                    125,000     Amoco Corp. ........................................................        7,953,125
                                20,000     Exxon Corp. ........................................................        1,335,000
                               214,000     Halliburton Co. ....................................................        7,784,250
                                20,000     Mobil Corp. ........................................................        1,852,500
                               275,000     Phillips Petroleum Co. .............................................       10,071,875
                                75,000     Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. ..........................................        9,000,000
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                                                                                                                      46,884,250
                           CAPITAL EQUIPMENT: 4.2%
                               224,000     Caterpillar, Inc. ..................................................       12,460,000
                               134,000     Deere & Co. ........................................................       10,887,500
                               157,000     General Electric Co. ...............................................        8,497,625
                                32,000     Honeywell, Inc. ....................................................        1,196,000
                                90,000     Parker-Hannifin Corp. ..............................................        3,982,500
                                68,000     Sundstrand Corp. ...................................................        3,425,500
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                                                                                                                      40,449,125
                           BUSINESS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: 3.1%
                               305,000     Donnelley (R.R.) & Sons Co. ........................................       10,484,375
                               172,000     Federal Express Corp. ..............................................       11,631,500
                                72,000     Xerox Corp. ........................................................        8,451,000
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                                                                                                                      30,566,875
                           PUBLIC UTILITIES: 3.0%
                               165,000     Ameritech Corp. ....................................................        6,806,250
                               172,000     Central & South West Corp. .........................................        4,171,000
                                45,000     Consolidated Natural Gas Co. .......................................        1,738,125
                                32,000     Duke Power Co. .....................................................        1,232,000
                                64,000     FPL Group, Inc. ....................................................        2,328,000
                               205,000     Pacific Gas & Electric Co. .........................................        5,099,375
                               186,000     Texas Utilities Co. ................................................        5,905,500
                                80,000     Unicom Corp. .......................................................        1,900,000
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                                                                                                                      29,180,250
                           PHARMACEUTICAL AND HEALTH: 2.0%
                                70,000     Pfizer, Inc. .......................................................        6,002,500
                               205,000     SmithKline Beecham plc ADR .........................................        7,687,500
                               168,000     Upjohn Co. .........................................................        6,006,000
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                                                                                                                      19,696,000
                           TRANSPORTATION: 2.0%
                               605,000     Canadian Pacific Ltd. ..............................................        9,075,000
                               185,000     Union Pacific Corp. ................................................       10,175,000
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                                                                                                                      19,250,000
                           DIVERSIFIED TECHNOLOGY: 2.0%
                               140,000     Grace (W.R.) & Co. .................................................        7,455,000
                                96,000     Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. ...............................        5,580,000
                               148,400     Raychem Corp. ......................................................        6,028,750
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                                                                                                                      19,063,750
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                                                   TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (cost $432,729,006) ....................      541,189,358
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PREFERRED                  CONSUMER: 0.2%
STOCKS:                         76,922     Times Mirror Co. Conversion Preferred Series B .....................        1,653,823
0.2%                                                                                                                ------------
                                                   TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (cost $1,659,843) ...................        1,653,823
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                           Portfolio of Investments                                                               March 31, 1995
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                              PAR VALUE                                                                             MARKET VALUE
<C>                        <C>             <S>                                                                      <C>
BONDS:                     U.S. GOVERNMENT: 9.9%
36.7%                      $14,000,000     U.S. Treasury Notes, 3 7/8%, 1995 ..................................     $ 13,975,920
                             9,100,000     U.S. Treasury Notes, 4 1/4%, 1995 ..................................        9,047,402
                            19,500,000     U.S. Treasury Notes, 7 7/8%, 1996 ..................................       19,801,665
                            10,000,000     U.S. Treasury Notes, 6%, 1997 ......................................        9,776,600
                             9,900,000     U.S. Treasury Notes, 9 1/8%, 1999 ..................................       10,630,125
                            14,000,000     U.S. Treasury Notes, 8 3/4%, 2000 ..................................       15,010,660
                               250,000     U.S. Treasury Bonds, 13 1/8%, 2001 .................................          322,813
                            11,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bonds, 14%, 2011, Callable 2006 ......................       17,330,845
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                                                                                                                      95,896,030
                           FEDERAL AGENCY: 0.6%
                             5,000,000     Arkansas Dev. Fin. Auth. GNMA Guaranteed Bonds 9 3/4%, 2014 ........        5,737,500
 
                           FEDERAL AGENCY MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH: 12.2%
                             1,256,053     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 25-6637, 8%, 2002 ..............        1,257,623
                             2,400,329     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group D26241, 6 1/2%, 2006 ...........        2,349,322
                               531,518     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 18-0233, 7%, 2006 ..............          521,552
                               450,064     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 18-5719, 7 1/4%, 2008 ..........          443,205
                               985,241     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 27-2784, 7 1/4%, 2008 ..........          970,226
                               502,407     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 25-3827, 7 1/2%, 2008 ..........          496,127
                             1,858,011     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 18-0468, 8%, 2008 ..............        1,855,688
                             1,961,467     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 30-9878, 8 3/4%, 2010 ..........        2,005,600
                               645,261     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 27-3014, 8 1/4%, 2011 ..........          650,100
                               789,867     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 27-2785, 7 3/4%, 2012 ..........          788,027
                             2,196,690     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Group 55-5098, 8 1/4%, 2017 ..........        2,213,165
                            10,000,000     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Multi PC Series 1216-GA, 7%, 2006.....        9,562,500
                             5,934,000     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Multi PC Series 1203-H, 6%, 2007......        5,271,944
                            10,000,000     Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. Multi PC Series 1628-PJ, 6 1/2%, 2022.        8,856,200
                             1,336,277     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. MBS Pool 55690, 8 1/2%, 2002 .............        1,359,662
                             1,785,381     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. MBS Pool 22354, 6 1/2%, 2004 .............        1,736,283
                             9,417,179     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. MBS Pool 70255, 7 1/2%, 2007 .............        9,299,464
                             6,633,612     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. MBS Pool 224484, 7 1/2%, 2011 ............        6,542,400
                             5,706,996     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. PC 1993-234-PA, 5%, 2004 .................        5,400,245
                             9,000,000     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. PC 1992-164-PH, 6 1/2%, 2006 .............        8,437,500
                            12,300,000     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. PC 1994-33-H, 6%, 2009 ...................       10,758,564
                            18,000,000     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. PC 1993-185-PE, 6 1/2%, 2023 .............       15,890,580
                            13,635,251     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. SMBS L-1, 5%, 2006 .......................       12,322,858
                             1,882,118     Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. SMBS I-1, 6 1/2%, 2009 ...................        1,785,659
                             8,460,389     Veterans Affairs Vendee Mtge. Trust 1995-1A1PT WAPT, 7.21%, 2025....        7,794,133
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                                                                                                                     118,568,627
                           COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATION: 0.0%
                               110,109     FSF Finance Corp. 1985-1-D, 9 1/4%, 2016 ...........................          111,623

                           INDUSTRIAL: 5.0%
                             3,500,000     Caterpillar, Inc., Debentures 8%, 2023 .............................        3,447,640
                             3,025,000     Dayton-Hudson Corp. Debentures 9%, 2021 ............................        3,236,175
                             7,600,000     Dayton-Hudson Corp. MTN 9.35%, 2020, Putable 1997 ..................        8,445,500
                             9,175,000     Ford Holdings, Inc. Debentures 9 3/8%, 2020 ........................       10,195,719
                             1,200,000     Time Warner Entertainment Senior Debentures 8 3/8%, 2023 ...........        1,063,884
                             8,800,000     Time Warner Entertainment Senior Debentures 8 3/8%, 2033 ...........        7,729,920
                             1,750,000     Union Camp Corp. Debentures 9 1/4%, 2011 ...........................        1,929,375
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                           Portfolio of Investments                                                               March 31, 1995
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                            PAR VALUE                                                                               MARKET VALUE
<C>                        <C>             <S>                                                                      <C>
BONDS                      INDUSTRIAL (Continued)
(Continued)                $ 2,150,000     Union Oil California Senior Notes 9 5/8%, 1995 .....................     $  2,155,805
                            10,000,000     Weyerhaeuser Co. Debentures 7.95%, 2025 ............................        9,807,100
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                                                                                                                      48,011,118
                           FINANCE: 4.1%
                             5,500,000     Bank of Boston Subordinated Notes 6 5/8%, 2004 .....................        4,962,045
                             2,000,000     North American Capital Corp. Notes 9 3/4%, 2021, Callable 2001......        2,192,500
                             1,800,000     CIGNA Corp. Debentures 7.65%, 2023 .................................        1,478,250
                             2,000,000     CIGNA Corp. Notes 8.30%, 2023 ......................................        1,770,000
                             3,100,000     First Nationwide Bank Subordinated Debentures 10%, 2006 ............        3,204,625
                             1,750,000     General Electric Capital Put Notes 8 1/2%, 2008, Putable 1995.......        1,864,503
                             4,500,000     GMAC Put Bonds 8 7/8%, 2010, Putable 1995/2000/2005 ................        4,876,875
                             3,000,000     Golden West Financial Subordinated Notes 7 1/4%, 2002 ..............        2,868,540
                             7,825,000     Golden West Financial Subordinated Notes 6%, 2003 ..................        6,891,243
                             5,500,000     ITT Hartford Group Notes 8.30%, 2001 ...............................        5,615,500
                             5,150,000     Norwest Corp. Subordinated Debentures 6.65%, 2023 ..................        4,243,703
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                                                                                                                      39,967,784
                           INTERNATIONAL AGENCY: 1.8%
                             7,200,000     European Investment Bank Bonds 10 1/8%, 2000 .......................        8,073,000
                            10,000,000     Inter-American Development Bank Debentures 7 1/8%, 2023,
                                           Callable 2003.......................................................        8,990,000
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                                                                                                                      17,063,000
                           TRANSPORTATION: 1.6%
                             3,900,000     AMR Corp. Debentures 9.88%, 2020 ...................................        4,060,875
                             4,800,000     AMR Corp. Debentures 9 3/4%, 2021 ..................................        4,946,544
                             5,375,000     Consolidated Rail Corp. Debentures 9 3/4%, 2020 ....................        6,239,515
                                 1,000     Missouri Pacific Railroad Equipment Trust Certificate 10.35%, 1999..            1,004
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                                                                                                                      15,247,938
                           CANADIAN: 1.4%
                             8,000,000     Canadian Pacific Ltd. Debentures 9.45%, 2021 .......................        8,930,000
                             4,500,000     Hydro-Quebec Debentures 8.40%, 2022 ................................        4,415,895
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                                                                                                                      13,345,895
                           PUBLIC UTILITIES: 0.1%
                               750,000     Idaho Power Co. 1st Mortgage Bonds 9 1/2%, 2021, Callable 2001 .....          815,625
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                                                   TOTAL BONDS (cost $359,456,392) ............................      354,765,140
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SHORT-TERM                   7,719,547     General Mills, Inc., Variable Demand Note 5.73%, 1995 ..............        7,719,547
INVESTMENTS:                16,928,617     Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., Variable Demand Note 5.73%, 1995 ........       16,928,617
4.7%                        13,985,819     Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Variable Demand Note 5.71%, 1995...       13,985,819
                             7,118,544     Wisconsin Electric Power Corp., Variable Demand Note 5.77%, 1995....        7,118,544
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                                                   TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (cost $45,752,527) ............       45,752,527
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                           TOTAL INVESTMENTS (cost $839,597,768) ..............      97.6%                           943,360,848
                           OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES ......................       2.4                             23,185,682
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                           TOTAL NET ASSETS ...................................     100.0%                          $966,546,530
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                           Beneficial shares outstanding 20,034,862                             NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE $48.24
                           (par value $1.00 each)
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                           Condensed Statement of Operations
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                           For the Three Months Ended March 31, 1995
                           <S>                                                                                       <C>   
                           Investment income.................................................................        $ 9,837,938
                           Expenses..........................................................................          1,235,067
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                           Net investment income.............................................................        $ 8,602,871
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                           Net realized gain from security transactions (based on identified cost)...........        $   707,998
                           Change in unrealized appreciation of investments..................................         54,533,691
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                           Net realized and unrealized gain on investments...................................        $55,241,689
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                           Condensed Financial Information
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                                                                      Net Asset Value Per Share      Distributions Per Share
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                           Year Ended                                                                                Capital
                           December 31               Net Assets        Actual        Adjusted*        Income           Gains
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                           <S>                     <C>                 <C>           <C>              <C>            <C> 
                           1985                    $ 24,516,464        $31.93          $32.38         $ 1.70           $ .37
                           1986                      27,516,246         32.62           36.70           1.62            3.55
                           1987                      34,376,651         30.72           37.54           1.70            2.67
                           1988                      39,031,819         32.09           39.76           1.68             .46
                           1989                      50,950,919         36.85           46.54           1.76             .71
                           1990                      82,596,374         35.03           44.66           1.81             .33
                           1991                     179,392,902         40.09           51.52           1.76             .29
                           1992                     268,768,015         42.44           54.62           1.72             .08
                           1993                     486,830,358         46.40           61.06           1.66            1.07
                           1994                     725,271,607         45.21           59.95           1.76             .36
                           1995 (3/31)              966,546,530         48.24           64.06            .45**           .06**
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                                                                                                      $17.62           $9.95
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                         * Adjusted for assumed reinvestment of capital gains
                           distributions.
                        ** Distributions of $.45 per share from net investment
                           income and $.06 per share from net capital gains
                           were paid March 20, 1995 to shareholders of record
                           March 15, 1995.
 
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                           Average annual total return for periods ended March 31, 1995     1 Year    5 Years   10 Years   20 Years
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                           <S>                                                              <C>       <C>       <C>        <C> 
                           Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund                                        11.40%    11.72%    14.08%     13.16%
                           S&P 500 Index                                                    15.56     11.41     14.44      13.92
                           Lehman Bros. Aggregate Bond Index                                 4.99      8.90     10.26       9.85
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                           The Fund invests its assets in common stocks and
                           bonds; the S&P 500 is comprised solely of common
                           stocks. The Fund's investment in common stocks over
                           the past 20 years has ranged from 54% to 74% of the
                           total portfolio.

                           The average annual total return figures include
                           reinvestment of dividend and capital gain
                           distributions. These results represent past
                           performance; past performance is no guarantee of
                           future results. Investment return and share price
                           will vary, and shares may be worth more or less at
                           redemption than at original purchase.

                                                   * * *
 
                           The financial information has been taken from the
                           records of the Fund and has not been audited by our
                           independent accountants who do not express an opinion
                           thereon. The financial statements of the Fund will be
                           subject to audit by our independent accountants as of
                           the close of the calendar year.

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                           Officers and Trustees
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                           Harry R. Hagey, Chairman and Trustee
                           Chairman & CEO, Dodge & Cox

                           A. Horton Shapiro, Vice-Chairman and Trustee
                           Senior Vice-President, Dodge & Cox

                           Kenneth E. Olivier, Assistant Secretary and Trustee
                           Senior Vice-President, Dodge & Cox

                           Peter Avenali, Trustee
                           Retired Officer, Dodge & Cox 

                           Max Gutierrez, Jr., Trustee
                           Partner, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Attorneys

                           Robert C. Harris, Trustee
                           Of Counsel to Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, 
                           Attorneys

                           Frank H. Roberts, Trustee
                           Retired Partner, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, 
                           Attorneys

                           John B. Taylor, Trustee
                           Professor of Economics, Stanford University

                           Will C. Wood, Trustee
                           Principal, Kentwood Associates, Financial Advisers

                           W. Timothy Ryan, Secretary
                           Senior Vice-President, Dodge & Cox

                           E. Morris Cox, Honorary Trustee

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                           MANAGERS 
                           Dodge & Cox
                           One Sansome Street, 35th Floor 
                           San Francisco, California 94104 
                           Telephone (415) 981-1710

                           CUSTODIAN & TRANSFER AGENT 
                           Firstar Trust Company 
                           P. O. Box 701 
                           Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0701 
                           Telephone (800) 621-3979

                           INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS 
                           Price Waterhouse LLP 
                           San Francisco, California

                           LEGAL COUNSEL 
                           Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe
                           San Francisco, California

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                           This report is submitted for the general information
                           of the shareholders of the Fund. The report is not
                           authorized for distribution to prospective investors
                           in the Fund unless it is accompanied by an effective
                           prospectus.

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                           General Information
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DODGE & COX                The Fund enables investors to obtain the benefits 
BALANCED FUND              of experienced and continuous investment supervision.
                           Shares of the Fund represent a well-balanced,
                           diversified investment designed to provide a complete
                           long-term investment program in one convenient
                           holding. The portfolio of the Fund is balanced
                           between common stocks, which provide an opportunity
                           for long-term growth of principal and income, and
                           fixed-income securities, which provide a higher level
                           of income and stability of principal.
 
INVESTMENT                 Since 1930, Dodge & Cox has been providing 
COUNSEL                    professional investment management for individuals,
MANAGEMENT                 trustees, corporations, pension and profit-sharing 
                           funds, and charitable institutions. In addition,
                           Dodge & Cox manages the Dodge & Cox Stock Fund and
                           the Dodge & Cox Income Fund. Dodge & Cox is not
                           engaged in the brokerage business nor in the business
                           of dealing in or selling securities.
 
NO SALES CHARGE            There are no commissions on the purchase or 
                           redemption of shares of the Fund.
 
GIFTS                      Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund shares provide a 
                           convenient method for making gifts to children and to
                           other family members. Fund shares may be held by an
                           adult custodian for the benefit of a minor under a
                           Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minors Act. Trustees and
                           guardians may also hold shares for a minor's benefit.
 
REINVESTMENT               Shareholders may direct that dividend and capital 
PLAN                       gains distributions be reinvested in additional Fund 
                           shares.
 
AUTOMATIC                  Shareholders may make regular monthly or quarterly 
INVESTMENT PLAN            investments of $100 or more through automatic 
                           deductions from their bank accounts.
 
WITHDRAWAL PLAN            Shareholders owning $10,000 or more of the Fund's 
                           shares may elect to receive periodic monthly or
                           quarterly payments of at least $50. Under the plan,
                           all dividend distributions are automatically
                           reinvested at net asset value with the periodic
                           payments made from the proceeds of the redemption of
                           sufficient shares. 

                           The above plans are completely voluntary and involve
                           no service charge of any kind.

IRA PLAN                   The Fund has available an Individual Retirement 
                           plan (IRA) for shareholders of the Fund.

                           Fund literature and details on all of these plans 
                           are available from the Fund upon request.

                           DODGE & COX BALANCED FUND
                           c/o Firstar Trust Company
                           P.O. Box 701
                           Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0701
                           Telephone (800) 621-3979

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