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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
TO THE SHAREHOLDER AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LINCOLN NATIONAL AGGRESSIVE
GROWTH FUND, INC., LINCOLN NATIONAL BOND FUND, INC., LINCOLN NATIONAL CAPITAL
APPRECIATION FUND, INC., LINCOLN NATIONAL EQUITY-INCOME FUND, INC., LINCOLN
NATIONAL GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND, INC., LINCOLN NATIONAL GROWTH AND
INCOME FUND, INC., LINCOLN NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC., LINCOLN NATIONAL
MANAGED FUND, INC., LINCOLN NATIONAL MONEY MARKET FUND, INC., LINCOLN NATIONAL
SOCIAL AWARENESS FUND, INC., AND LINCOLN NATIONAL SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND,
INC. (THE "FUNDS")
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of the Funds
for the year ended December 31, 1998, 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 the 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 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 specific 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
internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above at
December 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the board of
directors and management of the Funds and the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Ernst & Young LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 5, 1999
