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SIGNATURE JAMES R. BAIO
TITLE TREASURER
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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THE SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE TEMPLETON
SMALLER COMPANIES GROWTH FUND, INC. AUGUST 31, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT AND IS
QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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<FN>
<F1>On October 22, 1993, the Templeton Smaller Cos. Growth Fund acquired the net
assets of Templeton Value Fund. The merger was accomplished by a tax-free
exchange of 14,274,720 shares of the TSCG Fund (valued at $108,202,380) for
the net assets of the Value Fund which aggregated $108,202,380,
including $19,241,116 of unrealized appreciation.
<F2>See F1.
<F3>As a result of differing book and tax treatments for foreign currency
transactions, the Fund reclassified $312,542 from undistributed net investment
income to accumulated realized gains as of August 31, 1994.
<F4>See Note 3.
<F5>The expense ratio per the Templeton Smaller Companies Growth Fund
Annual Report August 31, 1994 is 1.36%.
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REPORT OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Templeton Smaller Companies Growth Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Templeton
Smaller Companies Growth Fund, Inc. for the year ended August 31, 1994, we
considered its internal control structure, including procedures 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 the internal control
structure.
The management of Templeton Smaller Companies Growth Fund, Inc. is responsible
for establishing and maintaining an internal control structure. In fulfilling
this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to
assess the expected benefits and related costs of internal control structure
policies and procedures. Two of the objectives of an internal control
structure are to provide management with reasonable, but not absolute,
assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized use or
disposition and that transactions are executed in accordance with
management's authorization and recorded properly to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors or
irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any
evaluation of the structure 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 the internal control structure would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal control structure 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 the specific internal control structure elements 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 the internal control structure, including procedures for saf-
eguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of August 31, 1994.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
McGladrey & Pullen
New York, New York
September 27, 1994
