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[PER-SHARE-NAV-END] 15.95
[EXPENSE-RATIO] 3.2
[AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING] 0
[AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE] 0
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[ARTICLE] 6
[SERIES]
[NUMBER] 023
[NAME] FIRST EAGLE INTERNATIONAL CLASS A
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[PERIOD-TYPE] 12-MOS
[FISCAL-YEAR-END] OCT-31-1999
[PERIOD-END] OCT-31-1999
[INVESTMENTS-AT-COST] 30397903
[INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE] 35045310
[RECEIVABLES] 4917301
[ASSETS-OTHER] 602928
[OTHER-ITEMS-ASSETS] 0
[TOTAL-ASSETS] 40565539
[PAYABLE-FOR-SECURITIES] 4722202
[SENIOR-LONG-TERM-DEBT] 0
[OTHER-ITEMS-LIABILITIES] 243627
[TOTAL-LIABILITIES] 4965829
[SENIOR-EQUITY] 0
[PAID-IN-CAPITAL-COMMON] 66722
[SHARES-COMMON-STOCK] 4474
[SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR] 0
[ACCUMULATED-NII-CURRENT] 0
[OVERDISTRIBUTION-NII] 0
[ACCUMULATED-NET-GAINS] 3385777
[OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS] 0
[ACCUM-APPREC-OR-DEPREC] 4651494
[NET-ASSETS] 35599710
[DIVIDEND-INCOME] 444098
[INTEREST-INCOME] 142038
[OTHER-INCOME] 0
[EXPENSES-NET] 871024
[NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME] (284888)
[REALIZED-GAINS-CURRENT] 3513921
[APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT] 4062
[NET-CHANGE-FROM-OPS] 3229289
[EQUALIZATION] 0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-INCOME] 0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS] 3269629
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER] 0
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-SOLD] 4475
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-REDEEMED] 1
[SHARES-REINVESTED] 0
[NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS] (2930461)
[ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR] 0
[ACCUMULATED-GAINS-PRIOR] 0
[OVERDISTRIB-NII-PRIOR] 0
[OVERDIST-NET-GAINS-PRIOR] 0
[GROSS-ADVISORY-FEES] 365474
[INTEREST-EXPENSE] 0
[GROSS-EXPENSE] 888862
[AVERAGE-NET-ASSETS] 36686537
[PER-SHARE-NAV-BEGIN] 15.06
[PER-SHARE-NII] (.15)
[PER-SHARE-GAIN-APPREC] 1.24
[PER-SHARE-DIVIDEND] 0
[PER-SHARE-DISTRIBUTIONS] 0
[RETURNS-OF-CAPITAL] 0
[PER-SHARE-NAV-END] 16.15
[EXPENSE-RATIO] 2.7
[AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING] 0
[AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE] 0
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WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of the First Eagle Funds, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the
First Eagle Funds, Inc. (the "Fund") for the period ended October 31, 1999, we
considered its internal control, including control activities 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.
The management of the 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
controls. Generally, 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 controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition. Because of inherent limitations
in internal control, errors or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also,
projection of any evaluation of internal control 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 would not necessarily disclose all matters in the
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 internal
control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that
misstatements caused by error 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 the internal control
and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities that we
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above. This report is intended
solely for the information and use of management, the Board of Trustees of the
Fund, and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and
should not be used by anyone other than the specified parties.
December 14, 1999
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