ARK FUNDS/MA
NSAR-B, 1997-06-27
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<PAGE>      PAGE  46
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<PAGE>      PAGE  50
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<PAGE>      PAGE  51
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<PAGE>      PAGE  52
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<PAGE>      PAGE  53
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<PAGE>      PAGE  56
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The Trustees and Shareholders
ARK Funds


In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of 
ARK Funds (including the Income Portfolio, Money Market Portfolio, 
Tax-Free Money Market Portfolio, U.S. Government Money Market 
Portfolio, U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio, Short-Term Treasury 
Portfolio, Maryland Tax-Free Portfolio, Pennsylvania Tax-Free Portfolio, 
Intermediate Fixed Income Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio, Equity Income 
Portfolio, Blue Chip Equity Portfolio, Stock Portfolio, Capital Growth 
Portfolio, Mid-Cap Equity Portfolio, Special Equity Portfolio and 
International Equity Portfolio) for the year ended April 30, 1997, we 
considered their internal control structure, including procedures for 
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures 
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the financial statements and 
to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide 
assurance on the internal control structure.

The management of ARK Funds is responsible for establishing and 
maintaining an internal control structure.  In fulfilling this responsibility, 
estimates and judgments made 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 
and 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, that we consider 
to be material weaknesses as defined above as of April 30, 1997.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management 
and the Securities and Exchange Commission.


								
/s:/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

			

Boston, Massachusetts
June 6, 1997







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