LAZARD FUNDS INC
NSAR-B, 2000-02-29
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<CIK> 0000874964
<NAME> THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.
<SERIES>
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<CIK> 0000874964
<NAME> THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.
<SERIES>
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<MULTIPLIER> 1000

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<CIK> 0000874964
<NAME> THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.
<SERIES>
   <NUMBER> 11
   <NAME> LAZARD HIGH YIELD PORTFOLIO
<MULTIPLIER> 1000

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The Lazard Funds, Inc.
Securities Purchases during an Underwriting involving
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC subject to Rule 10f-3 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940.

For the year ended December 31, 1999


Portfolio:			Lazard Equity

Security:			The Goldman Sachs
				Group, Inc.

Date Purchased:			05/03/99

Total Shares Offered:		60,000,000

Price Per Share:		$53.00

Shares Purchased
by the Portfolio *:		28,000

Total Principal Purchased
by the Portfolio *:		$1,484,000

% of Offering Purchased
by the Portfolio:		0.05%

% of Offering Purchased
by all Portfolios
(25% Maximum*):			0.05%

Broker:				Goldman Sachs
				& Co.

Note:  Purchases by all Portfolios in aggregate may not
exceed 25% of the principal amount of the offering.




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The Lazard Funds, Inc.
Securities Purchases during an Underwriting involving
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC subject to Rule 10f-3 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940.

For the year ended December 31, 1999


Portfolio:			Lazard Equity

Security:			United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

Date Purchased:			11/09/99

Total Shares Offered:		109,400,000

Price Per Share:		$50.00

Shares Purchased
by the Portfolio *:		22,300

Total Principal Purchased
by the Portfolio *:		$1,115,000

% of Offering Purchased
by the Portfolio:		0.02%

% of Offering Purchased
by all Portfolios
(25% Maximum*):			0.03%

Broker:				Morgan Stanley
				& Co., Inc.

Note:  Purchases by all Portfolios in aggregate may not
exceed 25% of the principal amount of the offering.




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The Lazard Funds, Inc.
Securities Purchases during an Underwriting involving
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC subject to Rule 10f-3 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940.

For the year ended December 31, 1999


Portfolio:			Lazard Small Cap

Security:			American National Can Group, Inc.

Date Purchased:			07/28/99

Total Shares Offered:		30,000,000

Price Per Share:		$17.00

Shares Purchased
by the Portfolio *:		400,000

Total Principal Purchased
by the Portfolio *:		$6,800,000

% of Offering Purchased
by the Portfolio:		1.33%

% of Offering Purchased
by all Portfolios
(25% Maximum*):			1.52%

Broker:				Credit Suisse First
				Boston Corp.

Note:  Purchases by all Portfolios in aggregate may not
exceed 25% of the principal amount of the offering.




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Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP
Accountants and Consultants

1375 Broadway
New York, New York 10018
(212) 840-3456
FAX (212) 840-7066



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

The Board of Directors
The Lazard Funds, Inc.:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
The Lazard Funds, Inc. (comprised of Lazard Equity Portfolio, Lazard
Mid Cap Portfolio, Lazard Small Cap Portfolio, Lazard Global Equity
Portfolio, Lazard International Equity Portfolio, Lazard International
Small Cap Portfolio, Lazard Emerging Markets Portfolio, Lazard Bond
Portfolio, Lazard High Yield Portfolio, Lazard International
Fixed-Income Portfolio and Lazard Strategic Yield Portfolio) for the
year ended December 31,1999, we considered its internal control
structure, including procedures 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
requirementsof Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the internal
control structure.

The management of The Lazard Funds, Inc. is responsible for
establishingand maintaining an internal control structure.  In
fulfilling this responsibility, 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
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 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, thatwe consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of December 31, 1999.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ANCHIN, BLOCK & ANCHIN LLP
New York, New York
January 31, 2000


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