EMERALD FUNDS
NSAR-B, 1997-02-03
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<PAGE>      PAGE  59
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<PAGE>      PAGE  64
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<PAGE>      PAGE  67
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<PAGE>      PAGE  73
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SIGNATURE   JOHN SIEBERT                                 
TITLE       SUPERVISOR          
 


Emerald Funds (the "Trust")

FORM N-SAR

Report for the Fiscal Year Ended 11/30/96


Sub-item 77C Submission of matters to a
vote of security holders

On August 19, 1996, all the holders of the
Institutional and Retail Shares of the
International Equity Fund of the Trust 
consented to and took the following 
action in lieu of a meeting: approved 
Revised Amendment No. 2 to the Investment
Advisory Agreement between the Trust 
and Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc. and 
the Sub-Advisory Agreement between Barnett
Capital Advisors, Inc. and Brandes
Investment Partners, L.P. relating to 
the International Equity Fund, in the 
forms previously approved by the Trust's 
Board of Trustees.

On August 19, 1996, all the holders of 
the Institutional and Retail Shares of 
the Equity Value Fund of the Trust 
consented to and took the following 
action in lieu of a meeting:  approved 
Revised Amendment No. 2 to the Investment 
Advisory Agreement between the Trust and 
Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc. relating 
to the Equity Value Fund, in the form 
previously approved by the Trust's Board 
of Trustees.

On October 30, 1996, a special meeting 
of the shareholders of the Prime 
Advantage Institutional Fund (formerly, 
Prime Trust Fund) and Treasury Advantage 
Institutional Fund (formerly, Treasury 
Trust Fund) was held to approve a 
new investment advisory agreement 
between the Trust and Barnett Capital 
Advisors, Inc. relating to the Prime 
Advantage Institutional Fund and 
Treasury Advantage Institutional Fund.  
The results of such solicitation are as 
follows:


Prime Advantage Institutional Fund:

In Favor:      116,669,369.96
Opposed:           726,809.79
Abstain:         1,802,093.44

Treasury Advantage Institutional Fund:

In Favor:      122,330,846.44
Opposed:         4,203,464.48
Abstain:         8,936,063.18



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Emerald Funds (the "Trust")

FORM N-SAR

Report for the Semi-Annual Period 
Ended 11/30/96

Sub-item 77Q1(e): Copies of any new 
or amended registrant investment 
advisory agreement.

Revised Amendment No. 2 to the 
Investment Advisory Agreement 
between the Trust and Barnett Capital 
Advisors, Inc. relating to the 
International Equity and Equity 
Value Funds is incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 5(j) to 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 
to the Trust's Registration Statement 
on Form N-1A filed on August 26, 1996.    

The Sub-Advisory Agreement between 
Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc. and 
Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. 
relating to the International Equity 
Fund is incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 5(h) to Post-Effective 
Amendment No. 19 to the Trust's 
Registration Statement on Form N-1A 
filed on August 26, 1996.

Amendment No. 3 to the Investment 
Advisory Agreement between the Trust 
and Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc. 
relating to the Prime Advantage 
Institutional and Treasury Advantage 
Institutional Funds is incorporated 
by reference into the Proxy Statement 
filed by the Trust on October 1, 1996.


January 22, 1997
To the Trustees of Emerald Funds

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
 statements of Emerald Funds (the "Trust") for the year ended 
November 30, 1996, we considered its internal control
structure, including procedures for safeguarding securities,
 in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purposes 
of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to
 comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to
 provide assurance on the internal control structure.
The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and
maintaining an internal control structure.  In fulfilling this 
esponsibility, 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 appropriately 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 may not
 be detected.  Also, projection of any evaluation of the 
structure 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 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 November 30, 1996.
This report is intended solely for the information and
 use of management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
\s\ Price Waterhouse LLP







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