PILOT FUNDS
NSAR-B, 1996-10-30
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To the Board of Trustees of The Pilot International 
Equity Fund of The Pilot Funds:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
 statements of The Pilot International Equity
Fund for the year ended August 31, 1996, 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 The Pilot International Equity 
Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining an internal control structure.  In 
fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgements 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 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 may 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 safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses
 as defined above as of August 31, 1996.

This report is intended solely for the information and
 use of management and the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

 ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP



Boston, Massachusetts
October 21, 1996

To the Board of Trustees of The Pilot Growth
 and Income Fund,
     Pilot Equity Income Fund,
     Pilot U.S. Government Securities
 Fund,
     Pilot Intermediate U.S. Government
 Securities Fund,
     Pilot Municipal Bond Fund,
     Pilot Intermediate Municipal Bond 
Fund, and
     Pilot Small Capitalization Equity Fund
 of The Pilot Funds (The Pilot Funds):

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
 statements of The Pilot Funds 
for the year ended August 31, 1996, 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 The Pilot Funds is responsible 
for establishing and maintaining an internal control
 structure.  In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates 
and judgements 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 
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 may 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 l
evel the risk that errors or irregularities in amount
s 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 
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material
 weaknesses as defined above as of August 31, 1996.

This report is intended solely for the information and
 use of management and the Securities and
 Exchange Commission.

ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
October 21, 1996

To the Board of Trustees of The Pilot
 Short-Term U.S. Treasury Fund,
     Pilot Short-Term Diversified Assets Fund,
     Pilot Short-Term Tax-Exempt Diversified
 Fund, and
     Pilot Missouri Short-Term Tax-Exempt
 Fund of The Pilot Funds (The Pilot Funds):

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
 statements of The Pilot Funds for the year ended August
 31, 1996, 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 The Pilot Funds is responsible
 for establishing and
maintaining an internal control structure. 
 In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgements 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 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 may 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 safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses 
as defined above as of August 31, 1996.

This report is intended solely for the information
 and use of management and the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

 ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP



Boston, Massachusetts
October 21, 1996


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