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SIGNATURE C. FRANK WATSON III
TITLE SECRETARY
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Tothe Board of Trustees of Gardner Lewis Investment Trust and Shareholders of
The Chesapeake Aggressive Growth Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The
Chesapeake Aggressive Growth Fund (the "Fund") for the year ended August 31,
1999 (on which we have issued our report dated September 17, 1999), 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, and not to provide assurance on the Fund's internal
control.
The management of the Fund 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 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 or procedures may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the Fund's internal control would not necessarily disclose
all matters in the 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
Fund's internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
August 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Trustees of The Gardner Lewis Investment Trust, 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
Deloitte & Touche LLP
September 17, 1999
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