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Report of Independent Auditors
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
Delaware - Voyageur U.S. Government Securities Fund
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements
of Delaware - Voyageur U.S. Government Securities Fund, (the
Fund) for the year ended October 31, 1997, 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 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
irregularities 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 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
internal control components 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 and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as
defined
above at October 31, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
the
board of directors and management of Delaware - Voyageur U.S.
Government Securities Fund and the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
December 4, 1997
