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Supplementary Report of Independent Auditors
To The Shareholders and Board of Directors
Delaware Group Government Fund, Inc. - Government Income Series
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Delaware Group Fund, Inc. - Government Income Series (the Fund) for
the year ended July 31, 1995, 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 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 risks 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 July 31, 1995.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 7, 1995
