DELAWARE GROUP TAX FREE FUND INC
NSAR-B, 1995-10-27
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SIGNATURE   ROSEMARY E. MILNER                            
TITLE       VICE PRESIDENT       
  
 

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          Supplementary Report of Independent Auditors 
 
 
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors 
Delaware Group Tax-Free Fund, Inc. - Tax-Free USA Fund 
Delaware Group Tax-Free Fund, Inc. - Tax-Free Insured Fund 
Delaware Group Tax-Free Fund, Inc. - Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

 
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements 
of Delaware Group Tax-Free Fund, Inc. - Tax-Free USA Fund, Delaware

Group Tax-Free Fund, Inc.- Tax-Free Insured Fund, and Delaware 
Group Tax-Free Fund, Inc. - Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund (the  
Funds ) for the year ended August 31, 1995, we considered their 
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 Funds 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 safeguarding 
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined 
above as of August 31, 1995. 
 
This report is intended solely for the information and use of 
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
October 12, 1995 
 


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