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SIGNATURE GRACE A TORRES
TITLE TREASURER
For the fiscal year ended 4/30/98
File number : 811-06047
SUB-ITEM 77M
Mergers
On June 24, 1998, shareholders of the Fund
approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
and Liquidation whereby all of the assets of
Prudential Multi-Sector Fund, Inc. will be
transferred to Prudential Jennison Growth Fund, a
series of The Prudential Investment Portfolios,
Inc., formerly Prudential Jennison Series Fund,
Inc., in exchange solely for Class A, Class B,
Class C and Class Z shares of Prudential Jennison
Growth Fund and the Growth Fund's assumption of
all of the liabilities, if any, of Prudential
Multi-Sector Fund, Inc. effective June 26, 1998.
June 25, 1998
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Prudential Multi-Sector Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of Prudential Multi Sector
Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") for the year ended April
30, 1998, 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 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 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 misstatements caused by error of 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 and its operation,
including controls for safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as
defined above as of April 30, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information
and use of management and the Board of Directors
of the Fund and the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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