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Exhibit (j)(i)
[Letterhead of PricewaterhouseCoopers]
Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectuses and
Statement of Additional Information constituting parts of this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 50 to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration
Statement") of our report dated August 13, 1999, relating to the financial
statements and financial highlights appearing in the June 30, 1999 Annual
Reports to Shareholders of the PIMCO Growth & Income Fund (formerly Mid-Cap
Equity Fund, a Portfolio of PIMCO Funds: Multi-Manager Series) which are also
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. We also consent to
the references to us under the headings "Financial Highlights" and "Independent
Accountants" in the Prospectuses and under the headings "Independent
Accountants" and "Financial Statements" in the Statement of Additional
Information.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
August 3, 2000
