Effective August 24, 2000, the Board of Trustees voted to
replace PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PWC") with Ernst
& Young LLP, as independent accountants for the current
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. During the two
most recent fiscal years, PWC's audit reports contained
no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion; nor were the
reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope, or accounting principles. Further, there
were no disagreements between the fund and PWC on
accounting principles, financial statement disclosure or
audit scope, which if not resolved to the satisfaction
of PWC would have caused it to make reference to
the disagreements in connection with its report.
