RIGHTIME FUND INC
NSAR-B, 1997-12-18
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SIGNATURE   CURT HARTRANFT                               
TITLE       ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
 


<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
THE RIGHTIME FAMILY OF FUNS EXHIBIT 27 - FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS DATED OCTOBER 31, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED
IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
</LEGEND>
<SERIES>
   <NUMBER> 1
   <NAME> RIGHTIME FUND
       
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<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
THE RIGHTIME FAMILY OF FUNDS EXHIBIT 27 - FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE.
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS DATED OCTOBER 31, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED
IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
</LEGEND>
<SERIES>
   <NUMBER> 2
   <NAME> RIGHTIME GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
       
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</TABLE>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
THE RIGHTIME FAMILY OF FUNDS EXHIBIT 27 - FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE.
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS DATED OCTOBER 31, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED
IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
</LEGEND>
<SERIES>
   <NUMBER> 3
   <NAME> RIGHTIME BLUE CHIP FUND
       
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</TABLE>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
THE RIGHTIME FAMILY OF FUNDS EXHIBIT 27 - FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS DATED OCTOBER 31, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED
IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
</LEGEND>
<SERIES>
   <NUMBER> 4
   <NAME> RIGHTIME SOCIAL AWARENESS FUND
       
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</TABLE>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
THE RIGHTIME FAMILY OF FUNDS EXHIBIT 27 - FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE.
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS DATED OCTOBER 31, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED
IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
</LEGEND>
<SERIES>
   <NUMBER> 5
   <NAME> RIGHTIME MIDCAP FUND
       
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TAIT, WELLER & BAKER
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
ON INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING, INC.
WYNCOTE, PENNSYLVANIA

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of The Rightime Fund, Inc. (comprising, respectively, The 
Rightime Fund, The Rightime Blue Chip Fund, The Rightime
Government Securities Fund, The Rightime MidCap Fund and The
Rightime Social Awareness Fund) for the year ended October
31, 1997, 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 Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining an internal control structure. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to access 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 principls.

Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, 
errors or irregularities may occur and not be detected.  Also, 
projections 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 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 or 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 a material weakness, as 
defined above, as of October 31, 1997.

This report is intended solely for the information
and use of the management and the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and should not be used
for any other purpose.

Tait, Weller & Baker

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 26, 1997




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