SMITH BARNEY SHEARSON FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND INC
NSAR-B, 1998-12-10
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SIGNATURE   PAUL BROOK                                   
TITLE       CONTROLLER          
 


[ARTICLE] 6
[CIK] 0000351934
[NAME] SMITH BARNEY FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND INC. CLASS A
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[PERIOD-TYPE]                   YEAR
[FISCAL-YEAR-END]                          SEP-30-1998
[PERIOD-END]                               SEP-30-1998
[INVESTMENTS-AT-COST]                    1,032,942,646
[INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE]                   1,364,015,048
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[ASSETS-OTHER]                             139,334,024
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[SENIOR-EQUITY]                                      0
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[SHARES-COMMON-STOCK]                       51,675,411
[SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR]                       53,288,452
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[ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR]                      9,200,627
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[ARTICLE] 6
[CIK] 0000351934
[NAME] SMITH BARNEY FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND INC. CLASS B
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[FISCAL-YEAR-END]                          SEP-30-1998
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[ARTICLE] 6
[CIK] 0000351934
[NAME] SMITH BARNEY FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND INC. CLASS L
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[FISCAL-YEAR-END]                          SEP-30-1998
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[INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE]                   1,364,015,048
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[ASSETS-OTHER]                             139,334,024
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[ARTICLE] 6
[CIK] 0000351934
[NAME] SMITH BARNEY FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND INC. CLASS Y
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Board of Directors, 
Smith Barney Fundamental Value Fund, Inc.:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements 
of Smith Barney Fundamental Value Fund, Inc. (the "Company") for 
the year ended September 30, 1998 (on which we have issued our 
report dated November 13, 1998), 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 
to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide 
assurance on the Company's internal control.

The management of the Company 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 any internal control, errors 
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 the Company's 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 fraud 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 
Company's internal control and its operation, including controls 
for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material 
weaknesses as defined above as of September 30, 1998.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of 
management, the Board of Directors of Smith Barney Fundamental 
Value Fund, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission.



November 13, 1998




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