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SIGNATURE RICHARD T CUNNIFF
TITLE PRESIDENT
REPORT OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Shareholders and
Board of Directors of
Sequoia Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of Sequoia Fund, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 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 Sequoia Fund, Inc. 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 safeguarding of assets against unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error 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 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 internal control and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that
we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
December 31, 1998.
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This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management, the Board of Directors of Sequoia Fund, Inc. and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
New York, New York
January 15, 1999
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