FORUM FUNDS
NSAR-B, 1999-10-27
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WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

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QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT.
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The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Forum Funds

In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of Daily Assets Treasury
Obligations Fund, Daily Assets Government Fund,
Daily Assets Government Obligations Fund, Daily
Assets Cash Fund and Daily Assets Municipal Fund,
five series of Forum Funds for the year ended
August 31, 1999, we considered their 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 Forum Funds 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, errors or irregularities may occur
and not be detected.  Also, projection of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods
is subject to the risks 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 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 and its operation, including
controls for safeguarding securities, that we
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above.

This report is intended solely for the information
and use of management, the Board of Trustees of
Forum Funds and the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is not intended to be and should
not be used by anyone other than those specified
parties.




October 8, 1999
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