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SIGNATURE BERNADETTE N. FINN
TITLE SECRETARY
To the Board of Directors
Short Term Income Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and
financial highlights of the Money Market Portfolio and the U.S. Government
Portfolio of Short Term Income Fund, Inc. for the year ended August 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 financial highlights and
to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on
internal control.
The management of Short Term Income 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 and financial highlights 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 and financial highlights
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 over
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of August 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management, the Board of Directors of Short Term Income Fund, Inc., and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
September 30, 1999
SHORT TERM INCOME FUND, INC.
CHANGE IN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
On August 13, 1999, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP (McGladrey) resigned as independent
auditors of the Fund pursuant to an agreement by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(PwC) to acquire McGladrey's investment company practice. The McGladrey partners
and professionals serving the Fund at the time of acquisition have joined PwC.
The reports of McGladrey on the financial statements of the Fund during the past
two fiscal years contained no adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and
were not qualified or modified as to certainty, audit scope or accounting
principles.
In connection with its audits for the two most recent fiscal years and through
August 13, 1999, there were no disagreements with McGladrey on any matter of
accounting principle or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing
scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of
McGladrey would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of
disagreement in connection with its report.
Effective August 13, 1999, the Fund, with the approval of its Board of Directors
and its Audit Committee, engaged PwC as its independent auditors.
<PAGE>
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street
Washington D.C. 20549
We were previously the independent accountants for Short Term Income Fund, Inc.
We have read their notification of change in independent accountants made in
Item 77K of Form N-SAR. We agree with the statements in the filing.
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
New York, New York
October 26, 1999
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