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Report of Independent Auditors
Board of Trustees
of Dreyfus Premier California Municipal Bond Fund
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Dreyfus Premier California Municipal Bond Fund for the year ended January
31, 2000, we considered its internal control, including control activities
for safeguarding securities, 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, and not to provide assurance on
internal control.
The management of Dreyfus Premier California Municipal Bond Fund 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 internal
control. Generally, internal 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 internal controls include the safeguarding of
assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control, misstatements
due to errors or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of
any evaluation of internal control to future periods are subject to the risk
that internal control may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures
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 of the 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, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, and its operation that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of January 31, 2000.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the board
of trustees and management of Dreyfus Premier California Municipal Bond Fund
and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and
should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
March 3, 2000
