NOTTINGHAM INVESTMENT TRUST II
NSAR-B, EX-99, 2000-05-30
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Nottingham Investment Trust II:

In  planning  and  performing  our  audits  of  each of the  separate  financial
statements of Nottingham  Investment Trust II (the "Trust") (including The Brown
Capital  Management  Balance Fund, The Brown Capital Management Equity Fund, The
Brown  Capital  Management  Small Company  Fund,  The Brown  Capital  Management
International  Equity Fund, Capital Value Fund,  Investek Fixed Income Trust and
WST Growth  Fund) for the year ended March 31, 2000 (on which we have issued our
reports dated April 20, 2000),  we considered  its internal  control,  including
control  activities  for  safeguarding  securities,  in order to  determine  our
auditing  procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial
statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide
assurance on the Trust's internal control.

The  management of the Trust 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 any internal  control,  misstatements due to
error  or  fraud  may  occur  and  not be  detected.  Also,  projections  of any
evaluation  of internal  control to future  periods are subject to the risk that
the internal control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions,  or
that the degree of compliance with policies and procedures may deteriorate.

Our consideration of the Trust's 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 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
Trust's internal control and its operation,  including controls for safeguarding
securities,  that we consider to be material  weaknesses  as defined above as of
March 31, 2000.

This report is intended solely for the  information  and use of management,  the
Board of Trustees and  Shareholders of Nottingham  Investment  Trust II, and the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone other than these specified parties.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Princeton, New Jersey
April 20, 2000



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