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May 3, 1999

PROSPECTUS

J.P. MORGAN MONEY MARKET RESERVES FUNDS

Prime Money Market Reserves Fund

Treasury Money Market Reserves Fund

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Seeking to provide high current income
consistent with the preservation of
capital and same-day liquidity

This prospectus  contains  essential  information for anyone  investing in these
funds. Please read it carefully and keep it for reference.

As with all mutual  funds,  the fact that these shares are  registered  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission  does not mean that the commission  approves
them or  guarantees  that the  information  in this  prospectus  is  correct  or
adequate. It is a criminal offense to state or suggest otherwise.

Distributed by Funds Distributor, Inc.


JPMorgan
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Contents
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2
Each fund's goal, investment
approach, risks, expenses and  performance

J.P. MORGAN MONEY MARKET RESERVES FUNDS

J.P. Morgan Prime Money Market Reserves Fund ...............................   2
J.P. Morgan Treasury Money Market Reserves Fund ............................   4

6
Principles and techniques common
to the funds in this prospectus

MONEY MARKET MANAGEMENT APPROACH

J.P. Morgan ...............................................................    6
J.P. Morgan Money Market Reserves Funds ...................................    6
The spectrum of money market funds ........................................    6
Who may want to invest ....................................................    6
Money market investment process ...........................................    7

8
Investing in the J.P. Morgan
Money Market Reserves Funds

YOUR INVESTMENT

Investing through a service organization ..................................    8
Account and transaction policies ..........................................    8
Dividends and distributions ...............................................    9
Tax considerations ........................................................    9

10
More about the funds'
business operations

FUND DETAILS

Master/feeder structure ...................................................   10
Management and administration .............................................   10

FOR MORE INFORMATION .................................................back cover



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J.P. MORGAN PRIME MONEY MARKET
RESERVES FUND
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REGISTRANT: J.P. MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
(J.P. MORGAN PRIME MONEY MARKET RESERVES FUND)

 [GRAPHIC OMITTED] GOAL
The fund's goal is to maximize  current income  consistent with the preservation
of capital and same-day liquidity.  This goal can be changed without shareholder
approval.

[GRAPHIC OMITTED] INVESTMENT APPROACH
The   fund   looks   for   investments   across   a  broad   spectrum   of  U.S.
dollar-denominated  money market  securities,  typically  emphasizing  different
types of  securities at different  times in order to take  advantage of changing
yield  differentials.  The fund's investments may include  obligations issued by
the  U.S.  Treasury,   government  agencies,  domestic  and  foreign  banks  and
corporations,  foreign governments,  repurchase  agreements,  reverse repurchase
agreements,  as well as asset-backed securities,  taxable municipal obligations,
and other money market instruments. Some of these investments may be illiquid or
purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

The fund's  yield will vary in response to changes in interest  rates.  How well
the fund's  yield  compares  to the yields of similar  money  market  funds will
depend on the success of the investment process described on page 7.

As with all money market funds,  the fund's  investments  are subject to various
risks,  which, while generally  considered to be minimal,  could cause its share
price to fall below $1. For  example,  the issuer or  guarantor  of a  portfolio
security or the  counterparty to a contract could default on its obligation.  An
unexpected  rise in  interest  rates could also lead to a loss in share price if
the  fund is  near  the  maximum  allowable  dollar  weighted  average  maturity
(currently  not to  exceed  90 days) at the time.  To the  extent  that the fund
invests in  foreign  securities,  the fund  could lose money  because of foreign
government  actions,  political  instability,  or lack of adequate  and accurate
information.  Also, the fund may have difficulty  valuing its illiquid  holdings
and may be  unable  to sell them at the time or price it  desires.  While  these
possibilities  exist, the fund's investment process and management  policies are
designed to minimize the likelihood and impact of these risks.

An  investment  in the fund is not a deposit  of any bank and is not  insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance  Corporation or any other government
agency.  Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your  investment at $1
per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

REGISTRANT: J.P. MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
(J.P. MORGAN PRIME MONEY MARKET RESERVES FUND)

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
The  fund's  assets  are  managed  by  J.P.  Morgan,   which  currently  manages
approximately  $320  billion,  including  more than $16.9  billion using similar
strategies as the fund.

The portfolio management team is led by Robert R. Johnson,  vice president,  who
has been on the team  since the  fund's  inception  and has been at J.P.  Morgan
since 1988, Daniel B. Mulvey, vice president,  who joined the team in January of
1995  and  has  been at J.P.  Morgan  since  1991,  and by  John  Donohue,  vice
president,  who has been on the team since joining J.P.  Morgan in June of 1997.
Prior to managing  this fund,  Mr.  Donohue was an  Institutional  Money  Market
Portfolio Manager at Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Before you invest
Investors considering these funds should understand that:

o There is no assurance that these funds will meet their investment goals

o These funds do not represent complete investment programs

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PERFORMANCE (unaudited)
The bar chart and table  shown below  provide  some  indication  of the risks of
investing  in J.P.  Morgan  Prime Money Market  Reserves  Fund  because  returns
reflect  performance  of the J.P.  Morgan  Prime Money  Market  Fund, a separate
feeder fund investing in the same master portfolio.

     The bar  chart  indicates  some of the  risks  by  showing  changes  in the
performance  of the J.P.  Morgan Prime Money Market  Fund's  shares from year to
year for each of the last ten calendar years.

     The table  indicates some of the risks by showing how the J.P. Morgan Prime
Money Market Fund's average annual returns for the past one year, five years and
ten years compared to those of the IBC's First Tier Money Fund Average.  This is
an average of all major first tier money fund returns.

J.P. Morgan Prime Money Market Fund's past performance does not necessarily
indicate how the fund will perform in the future.

Year-by-year total return (%) Shows changes in returns by calendar year(1,2)
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      1989   1990   1991    1992   1993    1994   1995   1996   1997     1998


12%


9%    9.13

             8.04
6%                  6.07
                                                  5.79   5.21   5.41     5.35
                                           3.95
3%                          3.67

                                   2.83
0%


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For the period  covered by this  year-by-year  total return chart,  J.P.  Morgan
Prime Money Market Fund's  highest  quarterly  return was 2.33% (for the quarter
ended 6/30/89); and the lowest quarterly return was 0.69% (for the quarter ended
9/30/93).

PERFORMANCE (unaudited)
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Average annual total return (%) Shows  performance  over time, for periods ended
December 31, 1998(1)
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                                                             Past 1 yr.  Past 5 yrs.  Past 10 yrs.
<S>                                                             <C>         <C>          <C>
J.P. Morgan Prime Money Market Fund (after expenses)            5.35        5.14         5.53
IBC's First Tier Money Fund Average (after expenses)            4.88        4.78          N/A
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INVESTOR EXPENSES
The expenses of the fund before  reimbursement  are shown at right. The fund has
no redemption,  exchange, or account fees, although some institutions may charge
you a fee for shares  you buy  through  them.  The annual  fund  expenses  after
reimbursement are deducted from fund assets prior to performance calculations.

Annual fund operating expenses(3) (%) (expenses that are deducted from fund
assets)

Management fees                                                 0.12

Rule 12b-1 fee                                                  0.25

Service fees(4)                                                 0.25

Other expenses(5)                                               0.17
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Total operating expenses(5)                                     0.79%
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Expense example
The example  below is intended to help you compare the cost of  investing in the
fund with the cost of  investing  in other mutual  funds.  The example  assumes:
$10,000  initial  investment,  5% return  each year,  total  operating  expenses
(before  reimbursement)  unchanged,  and all shares sold at the end of each time
period.  The example is for  comparison  only; the fund's actual return and your
actual costs may be higher or lower.

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                                                              1 yr.     3 yrs.
Your cost($)                                                   81         252
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(1) These  returns  reflect  lower  operating  expenses  than those of the fund.
    Therefore,  these  returns are higher than the fund's would have been had it
    existed during the same period.

(2) The fund's fiscal year end is 11/30.

(3) The fund has a  master/feeder  structure as described on page 10. This table
    shows  the  fund's  estimated  expenses  and its  estimated  share of master
    portfolio  expenses  for the  current  fiscal  year,  before  reimbursement,
    expressed as a percentage of the fund's estimated average net assets.

(4) Service  Organizations  (described on page 8) may charge other fees to their
    customers who are the beneficial  owners of shares in connection  with their
    customers' accounts. Such fees, if any, may affect the return such customers
    realize with respect to their investments.

   
     (5) After  reimbursement  total  operating  expenses  will be  0.70%.  This
reimbursement  arrangement,  which does not include extraordinary expenses, will
continue  at  least  through  2/29/00.  After  that  date it can be  changed  or
terminated at any time at the option of J.P. Morgan.
    

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J.P. MORGAN TREASURY MONEY MARKET RESERVES FUND
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REGISTRANT: J.P. MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
(J.P. MORGAN TREASURY MONEY MARKET RESERVES FUND)

[GRAPHIC OMITTED] GOAL
The  fund's  goal  is  to  provide  high  current  income  consistent  with  the
preservation of capital and same-day liquidity. This goal can be changed without
shareholder approval.

[GRAPHIC OMITTED] INVESTMENT APPROACH
The fund purchases  securities that offer the highest credit quality and provide
regular  income.  It  invests  exclusively  in  U.S.  Treasury  obligations  and
repurchase  agreements  collateralized  by  these  obligations.  Some  of  these
investments may be purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

The fund's  yield will vary in response to changes in interest  rates.  How well
the fund's  yield  compares  to the yields of similar  money  market  funds will
depend on the success of the investment process described on page 7.

While the  fund's  U.S.  Treasury  obligations  are backed by the full faith and
credit  of the  federal  government,  investors  should  bear in mind  that  any
repurchase  agreements the fund may hold do not have this guarantee (even though
they are fully collateralized by Treasuries),  and that in any case,  government
guarantees do not extend to shares of the fund itself.

The  portion  of the fund's  income  derived  from  direct  investments  in U.S.
Treasury obligations may be exempt from state and local personal income taxes.

An  investment  in the fund is not a deposit  of any bank and is not  insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance  Corporation or any other government
agency.  Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your  investment at $1
per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

REGISTRANT: J.P. MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
(J.P. MORGAN TREASURY MONEY MARKET RESERVES FUND)

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
The  fund's  assets  are  managed  by  J.P.  Morgan,   which  currently  manages
approximately  $320  billion,  including  more than $16.9  billion using similar
strategies as the fund.

The portfolio management team is led by Robert R. Johnson,  vice president,  who
has been on the team  since the  fund's  inception  and has been at J.P.  Morgan
since 1988, Daniel B. Mulvey, vice president,  who joined the team in January of
1995  and  has  been at J.P.  Morgan  since  1991,  and by  John  Donohue,  vice
president,  who has been on the team since joining J.P.  Morgan in June of 1997.
Prior to managing  this fund,  Mr.  Donohue was an  Institutional  Money  Market
Portfolio Manager at Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Before you invest
Investors considering these funds should understand that:

o There is no assurance that these funds will meet their investment goals

o These funds do not represent complete investment programs

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     PERFORMANCE  (unaudited)  The bar chart and table shown below  provide some
indication  of the risks of  investing  in J.P.  Morgan  Treasury  Money  Market
Reserves  Fund  because   returns   reflect   performance  of  the  J.P.  Morgan
Institutional  Service  Treasury  Money  Market  Fund,  a separate  feeder  fund
investing in the same master portfolio.

     The bar chart indicates some of the risks by showing the performance of the
J.P. Morgan Institutional Service Treasury Money Market Fund's shares during its
first complete calendar year of operations.

     The  table  indicates  some of the  risks by  showing  how the J.P.  Morgan
Institutional  Service  Treasury  Money Market Fund's average annual returns for
the past one year and  life of the  fund  compared  to those of the  IBC's  U.S.
Treasury and Repo Money Fund Average. This is an average of all major U.S.
treasury and repo money market fund returns.

     J.P.  Morgan  Institutional  Service  Treasury  Money  Market  Fund's  past
performance  does not  necessarily  indicate  how the fund will  perform  in the
future.

Total return (%)       Shows changes in returns by calendar year(1,2)
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                                                            1998

6%
                                                            5.14
3%

0%
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[] J.P. Morgan Institutional Service Treasury Money Market Fund

     For  the  period   covered  by  this  total  return  chart,   J.P.   Morgan
Institutional  Service Treasury Money Market Fund's highest quarterly return was
1.31% (for the quarter ended 9/30/98); and the lowest quarterly return was 1.17%
(for the quarter ended 12/31/98).

PERFORMANCE (unaudited)
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Average  annual total return (%) Shows  performance  over time, for period ended
December 31, 1998(1)
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                                                                                 Past 1 yr.      Life of fund
<S>                                                                                 <C>              <C>
J.P. Morgan Institutional Service Treasury Money Market Fund (after expenses)       5.14             5.23
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IBC's U.S. Treasury & Repo Money Fund Average                                       4.71             4.76
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INVESTOR EXPENSES
The expenses of the fund before  reimbursement  are shown at right. The fund has
no redemption,  exchange, or account fees, although some institutions may charge
you a fee for shares  you buy  through  them.  The annual  fund  expenses  after
reimbursement are deducted from fund assets prior to performance calculations.

Annual fund operating expenses(3) (%) (expenses that are deducted from fund
assets)

Management fees                                                 0.20

Rule 12b-1 fee                                                  0.25

Service fees(4)                                                 0.25

Other expenses(5)                                               0.15
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Total operating expenses(5)                                     0.85
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Expense example
The example  below is intended to help you compare the cost of  investing in the
fund with the cost of  investing  in other mutual  funds.  The example  assumes:
$10,000  initial  investment,  5% return  each year,  total  operating  expenses
(before  reimbursement)  unchanged,  and all shares sold at the end of each time
period.  The example is for  comparison  only; the fund's actual return and your
actual costs may be higher or lower.

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                                               1 yr.        3 yrs.
Your cost($)                                     87           271
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(1) These  returns  reflect  lower  operating  expenses  than those of the fund.
    Therefore,  these returns are higher than the fund's would have been had the
    fund existed during the same period.

(2) The fund's fiscal year end is 10/31.

(3) The fund has a  master/feeder  structure as described on page 10. This table
    shows  the  fund's  estimated  expenses  and its  estimated  share of master
    portfolio  expenses  for the  current  fiscal  year,  before  reimbursement,
    expressed as a percentage of the fund's estimated average net assets.

(4) Service  Organizations  (described on page 8) may charge other fees to their
    customers who are the beneficial  owners of shares in connection  with their
    customers' accounts. Such fees, if any, may affect the return such customers
    realize with respect to their investments.

   
     (5) After  reimbursement,  total  operating  expenses  will be 0.70%.  This
reimbursement  arrangement,  which does not include extraordinary expenses, will
continue  at  least  through  2/29/00.  After  that  date it can be  changed  or
terminated at any time at the option of J.P. Morgan.
    

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MONEY MARKET MANAGEMENT APPROACH
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J.P. MORGAN
Known for its commitment to proprietary research and its disciplined  investment
strategies,  J.P. Morgan is the asset management  choice for many of the world's
most  respected   corporations,   financial   institutions,   governments,   and
individuals. Today, J.P. Morgan employs over 300 analysts and portfolio managers
around the world and has approximately  $320 billion in assets under management,
including  assets  managed  by  the  funds'  advisor,   J.P.  Morgan  Investment
Management Inc.

J.P. MORGAN MONEY MARKET FUNDS
Each of these  funds  invests in  high-quality  short-term  debt  securities  by
investing  through a master  portfolio  (another fund with the same goal).  Each
fund accrues  dividends daily, pays them to shareholders  monthly,  and seeks to
maintain a stable $1 share price.

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WHO MAY WANT TO INVEST The funds are designed for investors who:

o want an investment that strives to preserve capital

o want regular income from a high quality portfolio

o want a highly liquid investment

o are looking for an interim investment

o are pursuing a short-term goal

The funds are not designed for investors who:

o are investing for long-term growth

o are investing for high income

o require the added security of the FDIC insurance

MONEY MARKET FUNDS
AND STABILITY
Money  market  funds are subject to a range of federal  regulations  designed to
promote  stability.  For example,  money  market funds must  maintain a weighted
average  maturity of no more than 90 days,  and  generally may not invest in any
securities  with a  remaining  maturity  of more  than 13  months.  Keeping  the
weighted average maturity this short helps funds in their pursuit of a stable $1
share price.

THE SPECTRUM OF MONEY MARKET FUNDS
The  funds  described  in this  prospectus  differ  primarily  in the  types  of
securities  they hold and in the tax status of the income they offer.  The table
below  provides an overview of the main types of  securities  in which each fund
may invest. The distinguishing  features of each money market fund are described
in more detail on the preceding pages.

Primary investments
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                           Prime                      Treasury
                           Money Market               Money Market
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U.S. Treasuries*               o                          o
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U.S. government
agency
instruments                    o
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Domestic &
foreign bank
obligations                    o
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Domestic &
foreign
short-term
corporate
obligations                    o
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Foreign
governments                    o
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Illiquid holdings              o
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Repurchase
agreements and
reverse repurchase
agreements                     o                          o

*  Income is generally exempt from state and local income taxes

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MONEY MARKET INVESTMENT PROCESS
While each fund  follows its own  strategy,  the funds as a group share a single
investment  philosophy.  This  philosophy,  developed  by  the  funds'  advisor,
emphasizes investment quality through in-depth research of short-term securities
and their  issuers.  This allows each fund to focus on providing  current income
without compromising share price stability.

In researching short-term securities,  J.P. Morgan's credit analysts enhance the
data  furnished by rating  agencies by drawing on the insights of J.P.  Morgan's
fixed income trading  specialists and equity  analysts.  Only securities  highly
rated  by  independent  rating  agencies  as well as J.P.  Morgan's  proprietary
ratings system are considered for investment.

In managing  the funds  described  in this  prospectus,  J.P.  Morgan  employs a
three-step process:

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J.P. Morgan uses a disciplined process
to control each fund's sensitivity
to interest rates

Maturity  determination  Based  on  analysis  of a range of  factors,  including
current  yields,  economic  forecasts,   and  anticipated  fiscal  and  monetary
policies,  J.P. Morgan  establishes the desired dollar weighted average maturity
for each fund within the permissible 90-day range.  Controlling weighted average
maturity  allows  the  funds to  manage  risk,  since  securities  with  shorter
maturities  are typically less sensitive to interest rate shifts than those with
longer maturities.

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The funds invest across different
sectors for diversification and to
take advantage of yield spreads

Sector  allocation  Analysis of the yields available in different sectors of the
short-term  debt  market  allows  J.P.  Morgan  to  adjust  each  fund's  sector
allocation,  with the goal of enhancing  current  income while also  maintaining
diversification across permissible sectors.

[GRAPHIC OMITTED]
Each fund selects its securities as
described earlier in this prospectus

Security  selection  Based on the results of the firm's credit research and each
fund's maturity determination and sector allocation,  the portfolio managers and
dedicated  fixed-income  traders make buy and sell  decisions  according to each
fund's goal and strategy.



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YOUR INVESTMENT
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INVESTING THROUGH A SERVICE ORGANIZATION
Prospective  investors may purchase shares of each fund with the assistance of a
service  organization.  Your service  organization is paid by the fund to assist
you in establishing your fund account,  executing  transactions,  and monitoring
your  investment.  The  minimum  amount  for  initial  investments  in a fund is
$10,000,000 and for additional investments $25,000,  although these minimums may
be less for some investors.

ACCOUNT AND TRANSACTION POLICIES
Telephone  orders The funds accept telephone  orders from all  shareholders.  To
guard against fraud, the funds require shareholders to use a PIN, and may record
telephone orders or take other reasonable  precautions.  However, if a fund does
take such steps to ensure the authenticity of an order, you may bear any loss if
the order later proves fraudulent.

Exchanges  You may  exchange  shares in these funds for shares in any other J.P.
Morgan  Institutional  or J.P.  Morgan mutual fund at no charge  (subject to the
securities  laws of your  state).  When making  exchanges,  it is  important  to
observe  any  applicable  minimums.  Keep in mind  that,  for tax  purposes,  an
exchange is considered a sale.

A fund may alter, limit, or suspend its exchange policy at any time.

Business days and NAV calculations The funds' regular business days are the same
as those  of the New  York  Stock  Exchange.  The  Treasury  Money  Market  Fund
calculates  its net asset value per share (NAV) every  business day at 4:30 p.m.
eastern time. The Prime Money Market Fund  calculates its NAV every business day
at 5:00 p.m. eastern time.

Timing  of orders  Orders to buy or sell  shares  are  executed  at the next NAV
calculated after the order has been accepted. Purchase and redemption orders for
each fund must be received by the time NAV is calculated for that fund.


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For the  purchase to be  effective  and  dividends to be earned on the same day,
immediately  available  funds must be received by 4:30 p.m. for  Treasury  Money
Market Fund and by 5:00 p.m.  for Prime Money Market Fund eastern time on a fund
business  day.  A fund has the right to  suspend  redemption  of  shares  and to
postpone payment of proceeds for up to seven days or as permitted by law.

Timing of settlements  When you buy shares,  you will become the owner of record
when a fund receives your payment.

Redemption orders for each fund received by the respective cut-off times will be
paid in  immediately  available  funds,  normally on the same day,  according to
instructions on file.

When you sell shares that you recently  purchased  by check,  your order will be
executed at the next NAV but the proceeds will not be available until your check
clears. This may take up to 15 days.

Statements  and reports The funds send  monthly  account  statements  as well as
confirmations  after each  purchase  or sale of shares  (except  reinvestments).
Every six months, each fund sends out an annual or semi-annual report containing
information  on its holdings and a discussion of recent and  anticipated  market
conditions and fund performance.

Accounts  with  below-minimum  balances If your account  balance falls below the
minimum  for 30  days  as a  result  of  selling  shares  (and  not  because  of
performance), the fund reserves the right to request that you buy more shares or
close your account.  If your account  balance is still below the minimum 60 days
after  notification,  the fund  reserves the right to close out your account and
send the proceeds to the address of record.

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DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Substantially  all income dividends are declared daily and paid monthly.  If all
of an  investor's  shares are  redeemed  during the  month,  accrued  but unpaid
dividends  are paid with the  redemption  proceeds.  Shares  of the  funds  earn
dividends  on the  business  day their  purchase  is  effective,  but not on the
business day their redemption is effective.

Dividends  and   distributions   are  reinvested  in  additional   fund  shares.
Alternatively, you may instruct your financial professional to have them sent to
you by check.

TAX CONSIDERATIONS

In general,  selling  shares,  exchanging  shares,  and receiving  distributions
(whether  reinvested or taken in cash) are all taxable events.  The transactions
below typically create the following tax liabilities:

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Transaction                                  Tax status

Income dividends                             Ordinary income

Short-term capital gains                     Ordinary income
distributions

Every January,  each fund issues tax  information on its  distributions  for the
previous year.

Any  investor  for whom a fund  does not  have a valid  taxpayer  identification
number will be subject to backup withholding for taxes.

The tax  considerations  described in this section do not apply to  tax-deferred
accounts or other non-taxable entities.

Because each investor's tax  circumstances  are unique,  please consult your tax
professional about your fund investment.

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Shareholder Services Agent
J.P. Morgan Funds Services
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
1-800-766-7722

Representatives are available 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern
time on fund business days.

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MASTER/FEEDER STRUCTURE

As noted earlier,  each fund is a series of J.P. Morgan  Institutional  Funds, a
Massachussetts  business trust,  and is a "feeder" fund that invests in a master
portfolio.  (Except where indicated, this prospectus uses the term "the fund" to
mean the feeder fund and its master portfolio taken together.)

Each master portfolio  accepts  investments from other feeder funds, and all the
feeders of a given master portfolio bear the portfolio's  expenses in proportion
to their  assets.  However,  each feeder can set its own  transaction  minimums,
fund-specific  expenses, and other conditions.  This means that one feeder could
offer access to the same master  portfolio on more  attractive  terms,  or could
experience  better  performance,  than another feeder.  Information  about other
feeders  is  available  by  calling  1-800-766-7722.  Generally,  when a  master
portfolio seeks a vote, its feeder fund will hold a shareholder meeting and cast
its vote proportionately,  as instructed by its shareholders.  Fund shareholders
are  entitled  to one full or  fractional  vote for each dollar or fraction of a
dollar invested.

Each feeder fund and its master portfolio expect to maintain  consistent  goals,
but if they do not, the fund will withdraw from the master portfolio,  receiving
its  assets  either in cash or  securities.  Each  fund's  trustees  would  then
consider  whether the fund should hire its own investment  adviser,  invest in a
different master portfolio, or take other action.

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

The feeder funds  described in this  prospectus and their  corresponding  master
portfolios are all governed by the same trustees.  The trustees are  responsible
for  overseeing all business  activities.  The trustees are assisted by Pierpont
Group, Inc., which they own and operate on a cost basis; costs are shared by all
funds governed by these trustees.  Funds Distributor Inc., as  co-administrator,
along   with  J.P.   Morgan,   provides   fund   officers.   J.P.   Morgan,   as
co-administrator, oversees each fund's other service providers.

J.P. Morgan receives the following fees for investment advisory and other
services:


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Advisory                                     services  0.20%  of  the  first  $1
                                             billion of each master  portfolio's
                                             average  net assets plus 0.10% over
                                             $1 billion

Administrative services                      Master portfolio's and fund's pro-
(fee shared with Funds                       rata portions of 0.09% of the
Distributor, Inc.)                           first $7 billion of average
                                             net assets in J.P. Morgan-
                                             advised portfolios, plus 0.04%
                                             over $7 billion

Shareholder services                         0.05% of each fund's
                               average net assets


Each fund has a service plan which allows it to pay service  organizations up to
0.25% of the  average  net assets of the shares  held in the name of the service
organization.

Each fund has  adopted a plan  under  Rule  12b-1  that  allows  the fund to pay
distribution fees up to 0.25% of each fund's average net assets for the sale and
distribution of its shares. Because these fees are paid out of the fund's assets
on an  on-going  basis,  over time  these  fees will  increase  the cost of your
investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

J.P. Morgan may also pay fees to certain firms and professionals for providing
recordkeeping or other services in connection with investments in a fund.

     Year 2000 Fund operations and shareholders  could be adversely  affected if
the computer systems used by J.P. Morgan, the funds' other service providers and
other entities with computer systems linked to the funds do not properly process
and  calculate  the date January 1, 2000 and dates  thereafter.  J.P.  Morgan is
working to avoid these  problems  and to obtain  assurances  from other  service
providers that they are taking similar  steps.  However,  it is not certain that
these  actions will be  sufficient  to prevent  these  problems  from  adversely
impacting fund  operations  and  shareholders.  In addition,  to the extent that
operations  of  issuers  of  securities  held  by  the  funds  are  impaired  by
date-related  problems  or prices of  securities  decline as a result of real or
perceived  date-related problems of issuers held by the funds or generally,  the
net asset value of the fund will decline.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

For investors who want more information on these funds, the following  documents
are available free upon request:

Annual/Semi-annual  Reports  Contain  financial  statements,  performance  data,
information on portfolio  holdings,  and a written analysis of market conditions
and fund  performance  for a  fund's  most  recently  completed  fiscal  year or
half-year.

Statement of Additional  Information (SAI) Provides a fuller technical and legal
description  of  a  fund's  policies,  investment  restrictions,   and  business
structure. This prospectus incorporates each fund's SAI by reference.

Copies of the current versions of these documents,  along with other information
about the funds, may be obtained by contacting:

J.P. Morgan Institutional Funds
J.P. Morgan Funds Services
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036

Telephone: 1-800-766-7722

Hearing impaired: 1-888-468-4015

Email: [email protected]

Text-only  versions of these documents and this  prospectus are available,  upon
payment of a duplicating  fee, from the Public  Reference Room of the Securities
and Exchange Commission in Washington,  D.C.  (1-800-SEC-0330) and may be viewed
on-screen or downloaded from the SEC's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov.  The
funds' investment company and 1933 Act registration numbers are:

J.P. Morgan Prime Money Market Reserves Fund 811-07342 and 033-54642
J.P. Morgan Treasury Money Market Reserves Fund 811-07342 and 033-54642

J.P.  MORGAN  INSTITUTIONAL  FUNDS  AND THE  MORGAN  TRADITION  The J.P.  Morgan
Institutional  Funds combine a heritage of integrity  and  financial  leadership
with comprehensive, sophisticated analysis and management techniques. Drawing on
J.P. Morgan's extensive  experience and depth as an investment manager, the J.P.
Morgan Institutional Funds offer a broad array of distinctive  opportunities for
mutual fund investors.

JPMorgan
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Advisor                                               Distributor
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.                Funds Distributor, Inc.
522 Fifth Avenue                                      60 State Street
New York, NY 10036                                    Boston, MA 02109
1-800-766-722                                         1-800-221-7930



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                             J.P. MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS


                     J.P. MORGAN PRIME MONEY MARKET RESERVES FUND
                    J.P. MORGAN TREASURY MONEY MARKET RESERVES FUND









                           STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

                                      MAY 3, 1999





















THIS  STATEMENT OF  ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION  IS NOT A  PROSPECTUS,  BUT CONTAINS
ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION  WHICH SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROSPECTUS
DATED MAY 3, 1999 FOR THE FUNDS LISTED ABOVE, AS SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME.
THE   PROSPECTUS  FOR  THE  FUNDS  LISTED  ABOVE,   INCLUDING  THE   INDEPENDENT
ACCOUNTANTS' REPORTS ON THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ARE AVAILABLE,  WITHOUT
CHARGE, UPON REQUEST FROM FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC., ATTENTION: J.P.
MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE FUNDS (800) 221-7930.


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Table of Contents
                                                                         Page
General....................................................................1
Investment Objectives and Policies.........................................1
Investment Restrictions....................................................9
Trustees and Officers.....................................................11
Investment Advisor........................................................15
Distributor...............................................................17
Co-Administrator..........................................................18
Services Agent............................................................19
Custodian and Transfer Agent..............................................20
Shareholder Servicing.....................................................20
Service Organization...............................21
Independent Accountants...................................................22
Expenses..................................................................23
Purchase of Shares........................................................23
Redemption of Shares......................................................24
Exchange of Shares........................................................25
Dividends and Distributions...............................................25
Net Asset Value...........................................................26
Performance Data..........................................................26
Portfolio Transactions....................................................28
Massachusetts Trust.......................................................29
Description of Shares.....................................................30
Special Information Concerning
Investment Structure...............................32
Taxes.....................................................................33
Additional Information....................................................36
Appendix A - Description of Security Ratings.............................A-1

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GENERAL

This Statement of Additional  Information  relates only to the J.P. Morgan Prime
Money Market  Reserves Fund and the J.P.  Morgan  Treasury Money Market Reserves
Fund (each, a "Fund" and  collectively,  the "Funds").  Each Fund is a series of
shares  of  beneficial  interest  of the J.P.  Morgan  Institutional  Funds,  an
open-end management investment company formed as a Massachusetts  business trust
(the  "Trust").  In addition to the Funds,  the Trust  consists of other  series
representing  separate  investment  funds  (each  a "J.P.  Morgan  Institutional
Fund").  The other J.P.  Morgan  Institutional  Funds are  covered  by  separate
Statements of Additional Information.

         This  Statement  of  Additional  Information  describes  the  financial
history, investment objective and policies,  management and operation of each of
the Funds and  provides  additional  information  with  respect to the Funds and
should be read in conjunction  with the relevant Fund's current  Prospectus (the
"Prospectus").  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
accorded to them in the Prospectus. The Trust's executive offices are located at
60 State Street, Suite 1300, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

         Unlike other mutual funds which  directly  acquire and manage their own
portfolio of securities,  each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by
investing all of its investable assets in a corresponding  Master Portfolio (the
"Portfolio"),  a corresponding open-end management investment company having the
same investment  objective as the Fund. Each Fund invests in a Portfolio through
a two-tier  master-feeder  investment fund structure.  See "Special  Information
Concerning Investment Structure."

     Each  Portfolio  is  advised  by J.P.  Morgan  Investment  Management  Inc.
("JPMIM" or the "Advisor").

         Investments in a Fund are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed
or endorsed  by,  Morgan  Guaranty  Trust  Company of New York,  ("Morgan"),  an
affiliate of the Advisor,  or any other bank. Shares of a Fund are not federally
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board,
or any other  governmental  agency.  An  investment in a Fund is subject to risk
that may cause the value of the investment to fluctuate, and when the investment
is  redeemed,  the  value  may be higher  or lower  than the  amount  originally
invested by the investor.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES

         The following  discussion  supplements  the  information  regarding the
investment objective of each Fund and the policies to be employed to achieve the
objective  by  each  Portfolio  as  set  forth  herein  and  in  the  applicable
Prospectus.  Since the investment  characteristics  and experiences of each Fund
correspond directly with those of its corresponding Portfolio, the discussion in
this  Statement  of  Additional  Information  focuses  on  the  investments  and
investment  policies  of each  Portfolio.  Accordingly,  references  below  to a
Portfolio also include the corresponding Fund;  similarly,  references to a Fund
also include the corresponding Portfolio unless the context requires otherwise.

         J.P.  Morgan Prime Money Market  Reserves Fund (the "Prime Money Market
Fund") is designed for investors who seek high current  income  consistent  with
the  preservation  of capital and  same-day  liquidity  from a portfolio of high
quality  money  market  instruments.  The Prime Money Market  Fund's  investment
objective is to maximize  current income  consistent  with the  preservation  of
capital and same-day liquidity.  The Prime Money Market Fund attempts to achieve
this  objective by  investing  all of its  investable  assets in The Prime Money
Market Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), a diversified open-end management investment
company having the same investment objective as the Prime Money Market Fund.

         The Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment  objective by maintaining
a  dollar-weighted  average  portfolio  maturity of not more than 90 days and by
investing in U.S. dollar denominated  securities  described in this Statement of
Additional Information that meet certain rating criteria, present minimal credit
risk  and have  effective  maturities  of not more  than  thirteen  months.  The
Portfolio's  ability to achieve  maximum  current income is affected by its high
quality standards. See "Quality and Diversification Requirements."

         J.P.  Morgan  Treasury Money Market  Reserves Fund (the "Treasury Money
Market Fund") is designed for investors who seek high current income  consistent
with the preservation of capital and same-day liquidity from a portfolio of high
quality money market  instruments.  The Treasury Money Market Fund's  investment
objective is to provide  current  income,  consistent  with the  preservation of
capital and  same-day  liquidity.  The Treasury  Money  Market Fund  attempts to
accomplish  this  objective by  investing  all of its  investable  assets in The
Treasury  Money Market  Portfolio  (the  "Portfolio"),  a  diversified  open-end
management  investment  company  having  the same  investment  objective  as the
Treasury Money Market Fund.

         The  Portfolio   attempts  to  achieve  its  investment   objective  by
maintaining a  dollar-weighted  average  portfolio  maturity of not more than 90
days  and by  investing  in U.S.  Treasury  securities  and  related  repurchase
agreement  transactions as described in this Statement of Additional Information
that have effective  maturities of not more than thirteen  months.  See "Quality
and Diversification Requirements."

Money Market Instruments

     A description of the various types of money market  instruments that may be
purchased by the Funds  appears  below.  Also see  "Quality and  Diversification
Requirements."

     U.S.  Treasury  Securities.   Each  of  the  Funds  may  invest  in  direct
obligations of the U.S. Treasury, including Treasury bills, notes and bonds, all
of which are backed as to principal and interest  payments by the full faith and
credit of the United States.

         Additional U.S. Government Obligations. The Prime Money Market Fund may
invest in  obligations  issued or  guaranteed  by U.S.  Government  agencies  or
instrumentalities. These obligations may or may not be backed by the "full faith
and credit" of the United States.  Securities which are backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States include  obligations of the Government  National
Mortgage  Association,  the Farmers Home  Administration,  and the Export-Import
Bank. In the case of  securities  not backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States,  each Fund must look principally to the federal agency issuing or
guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment and may not be able to assert
a  claim   against  the  United  States  itself  in  the  event  the  agency  or
instrumentality does not meet its commitments. Securities in which each Fund may
invest  that are not backed by the full  faith and  credit of the United  States
include,  but are not  limited  to:  (i)  obligations  of the  Tennessee  Valley
Authority,  the Federal Home Loan  Mortgage  Corporation,  the Federal Home Loan
Banks and the U.S.  Postal  Service,  each of which has the right to borrow from
the U.S. Treasury to meet its obligations; (ii) securities issued by the Federal
National  Mortgage  Association,   which  are  supported  by  the  discretionary
authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the agency's obligations; and (iii)
obligations  of the Federal Farm Credit  System and the Student  Loan  Marketing
Association,  each of whose  obligations may be satisfied only by the individual
credits of the issuing agency.

         Foreign Government Obligations. The Prime Money Market Fund, subject to
its applicable investment policies, may also invest in short-term obligations of
foreign   sovereign   governments  or  of  their  agencies,   instrumentalities,
authorities  or  political   subdivisions.   See  "Foreign  Investments."  These
securities must be denominated in the U.S. dollar.

         Bank  Obligations.  The Prime Money Market Fund, unless otherwise noted
in the Prospectus or below,  may invest in negotiable  certificates  of deposit,
time  deposits  and  bankers'   acceptances  of  (i)  banks,  savings  and  loan
associations  and savings  banks which have more than $2 billion in total assets
and are organized under the laws of the United States or any state, (ii) foreign
branches of these banks or of foreign banks of equivalent size (Euros) and (iii)
U.S.  branches of foreign banks of equivalent  size  (Yankees).  The Prime Money
Market Fund will not invest in obligations for which the Advisor,  or any of its
affiliated  persons,  is the ultimate obligor or accepting bank. The Prime Money
Market Fund may also invest in obligations of international banking institutions
designated   or  supported   by  national   governments   to  promote   economic
reconstruction,  development  or  trade  between  nations  (e.g.,  the  European
Investment Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, or the World Bank).

         Commercial  Paper. The Prime Money Market Fund may invest in commercial
paper,  including  master  demand  obligations.  Master demand  obligations  are
obligations that provide for a periodic adjustment in the interest rate paid and
permit daily  changes in the amount  borrowed.  Master  demand  obligations  are
governed by  agreements  between the issuer and Morgan  acting as agent,  for no
additional fee. The monies loaned to the borrower come from accounts  managed by
Morgan or its affiliates,  pursuant to arrangements with such accounts. Interest
and principal  payments are credited to such accounts.  Morgan,  an affiliate of
the Advisor,  has the right to increase or decrease  the amount  provided to the
borrower under an obligation.  The borrower has the right to pay without penalty
all or any  part of the  principal  amount  then  outstanding  on an  obligation
together with interest to the date of payment. Since these obligations typically
provide that the interest rate is tied to the Federal Reserve  commercial  paper
composite  rate,  the rate on master  demand  obligations  is subject to change.
Repayment of a master demand obligation to participating accounts depends on the
ability  of the  borrower  to pay the  accrued  interest  and  principal  of the
obligation  on demand which is  continuously  monitored by Morgan.  Since master
demand obligations typically are not rated by credit rating agencies,  the Prime
Money Market Fund may invest in such unrated  obligations only if at the time of
an  investment  the  obligation  is  determined  by the Advisor to have a credit
quality which satisfies the Prime Money Market Fund's quality restrictions.  See
"Quality  and  Diversification  Requirements."  Although  there is no  secondary
market for master demand  obligations,  such  obligations  are considered by the
Prime Money Market Fund to be liquid  because they are payable upon demand.  The
Prime Money  Market Fund does not have any  specific  percentage  limitation  on
investments  in master demand  obligations.  It is possible that the issuer of a
master  demand  obligation  could be a client of Morgan to whom  Morgan,  in its
capacity as a commercial bank, has made a loan.

         Asset-backed Securities. The Prime Money Market Fund may also invest in
securities generally referred to as asset-backed  securities,  which directly or
indirectly represent a participation  interest in, or are secured by and payable
from, a stream of payments generated by particular assets, such as motor vehicle
or credit card receivables or other  asset-backed  securities  collateralized by
such assets.  Asset-backed  securities  provide periodic payments that generally
consist of both interest and principle  payments.  Consequently,  the life of an
asset-backed  security  varies with the prepayment  experience of the underlying
obligations.  Payments of principal and interest may be guaranteed up to certain
amounts  and for a  certain  time  period  by a letter  of  credit  issued  by a
financial institution unaffiliated with the entities issuing the securities. The
asset-backed  securities  in which a Fund may invest  are  subject to the Fund's
overall credit requirements.  However,  asset-backed securities, in general, are
subject to certain risks.  Most of these risks are related to limited  interests
in  applicable  collateral.  For  example,  credit  card  debt  receivables  are
generally  unsecured and the debtors are entitled to the  protection of a number
of state and federal  consumer  credit laws, many of which give such debtors the
right to set off  certain  amounts  on credit  card debt  thereby  reducing  the
balance  due.  Additionally,  if the letter of credit is  exhausted,  holders of
asset-backed  securities may also experience delays in payments or losses if the
full  amounts  due on  underlying  sales  contracts  are not  realized.  Because
asset-backed  securities  are  relatively  new, the market  experience  in these
securities is limited and the market's ability to sustain  liquidity through all
phases of the market cycle has not been tested.

         Repurchase  Agreements.  Each of the Funds may  enter  into  repurchase
agreements  with  brokers,  dealers  or banks  that meet the  credit  guidelines
approved  by the  Funds'  Trustees.  In a  repurchase  agreement,  a Fund buys a
security  from a seller  that has agreed to  repurchase  the same  security at a
mutually  agreed upon date and price.  The resale price normally is in excess of
the purchase price,  reflecting an agreed upon interest rate. This interest rate
is effective for the period of time the Fund is invested in the agreement and is
not  related  to the  coupon  rate  on the  underlying  security.  A  repurchase
agreement may also be viewed as a fully  collateralized  loan of money by a Fund
to the seller. The period of these repurchase  agreements will usually be short,
from  overnight to one week,  and at no time will any Fund invest in  repurchase
agreements for more than thirteen  months.  The securities  which are subject to
repurchase  agreements,  however,  may have maturity dates in excess of thirteen
months from the effective date of the repurchase  agreement.  The Treasury Money
Market Fund will only enter into repurchase  agreements  involving U.S. Treasury
securities.  The Funds will always receive securities as collateral whose market
value is, and during the entire term of the agreement remains, at least equal to
100% of the dollar amount  invested by the Funds in each  agreement plus accrued
interest, and the Funds will make payment for such securities only upon physical
delivery  or  upon  evidence  of  book  entry  transfer  to the  account  of the
Custodian.  Each  Fund  will be  fully  collateralized  within  the  meaning  of
paragraph  (a)(4) of Rule 2a-7  under the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as
amended (the "1940 Act"). If the seller  defaults,  a Fund might incur a loss if
the value of the collateral securing the repurchase agreement declines and might
incur  disposition  costs in connection  with  liquidating  the  collateral.  In
addition, if bankruptcy  proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of
the  security,  realization  upon  disposal of the  collateral  by a Fund may be
delayed or limited.

         The  Prime  Money  Market  Fund may  make  investments  in  other  debt
securities with remaining effective maturities of not more than thirteen months,
including, without limitation, corporate and foreign bonds and other obligations
described in the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information.

Foreign Investments

         The Prime Money Market Fund may invest in certain  foreign  securities.
All  investments  must be U.S.  dollar-denominated.  Investment in securities of
foreign  issuers  and in  obligations  of foreign  branches  of  domestic  banks
involves somewhat different  investment risks from those affecting securities of
U.S. domestic issuers.  There may be limited publicly available information with
respect to foreign  issuers,  and foreign  issuers are not generally  subject to
uniform accounting, auditing and financial standards and requirements comparable
to those applicable to domestic companies. Any foreign commercial paper must not
be subject to foreign withholding tax at the time of purchase.

         Investors  should  realize that the value of the Fund's  investments in
foreign  securities may be adversely  affected by changes in political or social
conditions,   diplomatic  relations,   confiscatory   taxation,   expropriation,
nationalization,  limitation on the removal of funds or assets, or imposition of
(or change in) exchange  control or tax regulations in those foreign  countries.
In  addition,  changes in  government  administrations  or  economic or monetary
policies  in the  United  States  or abroad  could  result  in  appreciation  or
depreciation of portfolio  securities and could favorably or unfavorably  affect
the Fund's operations.  Furthermore, the economies of individual foreign nations
may differ from the U.S.  economy,  whether  favorably or unfavorably,  in areas
such  as  growth  of  gross  national  product,   rate  of  inflation,   capital
reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of payments position; it may
also be more  difficult  to  obtain  and  enforce a  judgment  against a foreign
issuer. Any foreign investments made by the Fund must be made in compliance with
U.S. and foreign currency  restrictions and tax laws restricting the amounts and
types of foreign investments.

Additional Investments

         Municipal  Bonds.  The Prime Money  Market Fund may invest in municipal
bonds  issued by or on behalf of  states,  territories  and  possessions  of the
United  States and the  District of Columbia and their  Political  subdivisions,
agencies,  authorities  and  instrumentalities.  The Prime Money Market Fund may
also invest in  municipal  notes of various  types,  including  notes  issued in
anticipation  of  receipt of taxes,  the  proceeds  of the sale of bonds,  other
revenues or grant proceeds,  as well as municipal commercial paper and municipal
demand  obligations  such as  variable  rate  demand  notes  and  master  demand
obligations.  These municipal bonds and notes will be taxable securities; income
generated  from these  investments  will be subject to federal,  state and local
taxes.

         When-Issued  and  Delayed  Delivery  Securities.  Each of the Funds may
purchase  securities on a when-issued or delayed  delivery  basis.  For example,
delivery  of and  payment  for these  securities  can take place a month or more
after the date of the purchase  commitment.  The purchase price and the interest
rate payable,  if any, on the  securities  are fixed on the purchase  commitment
date or at the time the settlement  date is fixed.  The value of such securities
is subject to market  fluctuation  and for money  market  instruments  and other
fixed income  securities,  no interest  accrues to a Fund until settlement takes
place.  At the time a Fund makes the  commitment  to  purchase  securities  on a
when-issued or delayed delivery basis, it will record the  transaction,  reflect
the value each day of such securities in determining its net asset value and, if
applicable,  calculate  the maturity for the purposes of average  maturity  from
that date.  At the time of  settlement a  when-issued  security may be valued at
less than the purchase price. To facilitate  such  acquisitions,  each Fund will
maintain with the Custodian a segregated account with liquid assets,  consisting
of cash,  U.S.  Government  securities or other  appropriate  securities,  in an
amount  at  least  equal  to  such  commitments.  On  delivery  dates  for  such
transactions,  each Fund will meet its  obligations  from maturities or sales of
the securities  held in the segregated  account and/or from cash flow. If a Fund
chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a when-issued  security  prior to its
acquisition,   it  could,  as  with  the  disposition  of  any  other  portfolio
obligation, incur a gain or loss due to market fluctuation.  Also, a Fund may be
disadvantaged if the other party to the transactions defaults. It is the current
policy of each Fund  (except the  Treasury  Money Market Fund) not to enter into
when-issued  commitments exceeding in the aggregate 15% of the market value of a
Fund's total assets,  less  liabilities  other than the  obligations  created by
when-issued commitments.

         Investment Company Securities. Securities of other investment companies
may be acquired by each of the Funds and their  corresponding  Portfolios to the
extent permitted under the 1940 Act or any order pursuant thereto.  These limits
currently require that, as determined  immediately after a purchase is made, (i)
not more than 5% of the value of a Fund's  total  assets will be invested in the
securities of any one investment company, (ii) not more than 10% of the value of
its total assets will be invested in the  aggregate in  securities of investment
companies as a group, and (iii) not more than 3% of the outstanding voting stock
of any one investment company will be owned by a Fund, provided however,  that a
Fund may invest all of its investable assets in an open-end  investment  company
that  has  the  same  investment   objective  as  the  Fund  (its  corresponding
Portfolio).  As a shareholder of another investment company, a Fund or Portfolio
would bear,  along with other  shareholders,  its pro rata  portion of the other
investment company's expenses,  including advisory fees. These expenses would be
in addition to the advisory and other  expenses  that a Fund or Portfolio  bears
directly in connection with its own operations.

         Reverse Repurchase Agreements. Each of the Funds may enter into reverse
repurchase  agreements.  In a  reverse  repurchase  agreement,  a Fund  sells  a
security and agrees to repurchase  the same  security at a mutually  agreed upon
date and  price  reflecting  the  interest  rate  effective  for the term of the
agreement.  For purposes of the 1940 Act a reverse repurchase  agreement is also
considered  as the  borrowing  of money by the Fund  and,  therefore,  a form of
leverage. Leverage may cause any gains or losses for a Fund to be magnified. The
Funds  will  invest  the  proceeds  of  borrowings   under  reverse   repurchase
agreements. In addition, except for liquidity purposes, a Fund will enter into a
reverse  repurchase  agreement only when the expected return from the investment
of the proceeds is greater than the expense of the transaction.  A Fund will not
invest the proceeds of a reverse repurchase agreement for a period which exceeds
the duration of the reverse repurchase  agreement.  Each Fund will establish and
maintain  with the custodian a separate  account with a segregated  portfolio of
securities  in an amount at least equal to its  purchase  obligations  under its
reverse  repurchase  agreements.  See "Investment  Restrictions" for each Fund's
limitations on reverse repurchase agreements and bank borrowings.

         Loans  of  Portfolio  Securities.   Subject  to  applicable  investment
restrictions,  each Fund is permitted to lend its  securities in an amount up to
33 1/3% of the value of the  Fund's net  assets.  Each of the Funds may lend its
securities  if such  loans  are  secured  continuously  by  cash  or  equivalent
collateral  or by a letter of credit in favor of the Fund at least  equal at all
times  to 100% of the  market  value  of the  securities  loaned,  plus  accrued
interest.  While such securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Fund any
income  accruing  thereon.  Loans will be subject to termination by the Funds in
the normal  settlement time,  generally three business days after notice,  or by
the borrower on one day's notice.  Borrowed securities must be returned when the
loan  is  terminated.  Any  gain or loss in the  market  price  of the  borrowed
securities  which  occurs  during the term of the loan  inures to a Fund and its
respective  investors.  The Funds may pay reasonable finders' and custodial fees
in  connection  with a loan.  In  addition,  a Fund will  consider all facts and
circumstances   including  the   creditworthiness  of  the  borrowing  financial
institution, and no Fund will make any loans in excess of one year. The risks to
each Fund with respect to borrowers of its portfolio  securities  are similar to
the  risks  to the  Funds  with  respect  to  sellers  in  repurchase  agreement
transactions.  See  "Repurchase  Agreements".  The  Funds  will not  lend  their
securities to any officer, Trustee, Director, employee or other affiliate of the
Funds, the Advisor or the Distributor,  unless otherwise permitted by applicable
law.

         Illiquid   Investments,   Privately  Placed  and  Certain  Unregistered
Securities.  The  Prime  Money  Market  Fund may  invest  in  privately  placed,
restricted,  Rule 144A or other unregistered securities.  It may not acquire any
illiquid holdings if, as a result thereof, more than 10% of its net assets would
be in illiquid investments.  Subject to this fundamental policy limitation,  the
Fund may acquire  investments that are illiquid or have limited liquidity,  such
as  private  placements  or  investments  that  are  not  registered  under  the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the "1933 Act") and cannot be offered for
public sale in the United States without first being  registered  under the 1933
Act. An illiquid  investment is any investment that cannot be disposed of within
seven days in the normal course of business at approximately the amount at which
it is valued by the Fund.  The price the Fund pays for  illiquid  securities  or
receives  upon resale may be lower than the price paid or  received  for similar
securities  with a more  liquid  market.  Accordingly  the  valuation  of  these
securities will reflect any limitations on their liquidity.

         The Prime Money Market Fund may also purchase Rule 144A securities sold
to  institutional  investors  without  registration  under the 1933  Act.  These
securities  may  be  determined  to be  liquid  in  accordance  with  guidelines
established  by the Advisor and  approved by the  Trustees.  The  Trustees  will
monitor the Advisor's implementation of these guidelines on a periodic basis.

         As to illiquid investments, a Fund is subject to a risk that should the
Fund decide to sell them when a ready buyer is not available at a price the Fund
deems representative of their value, the value of the Fund's net assets could be
adversely affected. Where an illiquid security must be registered under the 1933
Act,  before it may be sold,  a Fund may be  obligated to pay all or part of the
registration  expenses, and a considerable period may elapse between the time of
the  decision to sell and the time the Fund may be  permitted to sell a security
under an effective  registration  statement.  If, during such a period,  adverse
market  conditions  were to develop,  a Fund might obtain a less favorable price
than prevailed when it decided to sell.

         Synthetic  Instruments.  The  Prime  Money  Market  Fund may  invest in
certain synthetic instruments. Such instruments generally involve the deposit of
asset-backed  securities in a trust arrangement and the issuance of certificates
evidencing  interests  in the trust.  The  certificates  are  generally  sold in
private  placements  in  reliance  on Rule 144A.  The  Advisor  will  review the
structure of synthetic  instruments to identify  credit and liquidity  risks and
will monitor  those  risks.  See  "Illiquid  Investments,  Privately  Placed and
Certain Unregistered Securities".



Quality and Diversification Requirements

         Each of the Funds intends to meet the  diversification  requirements of
the 1940 Act. Current 1940 Act requirements  require that with respect to 75% of
the assets of each Fund are subject to the  following  fundamental  limitations:
(1) the Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total  assets in the  securities
of any one issuer,  except obligations of the U.S. Government,  its agencies and
instrumentalities, and (2) the Fund may not own more than 10% of the outstanding
voting  securities of any one issuer.  As for the other 25% of the Fund's assets
not  subject  to the  limitation  described  above,  there is no  limitation  on
investment of these assets under the 1940 Act, so that all of such assets may be
invested  in  securities  of any one  issuer.  Investments  not  subject  to the
limitations  described above could involve an increased risk to a Fund should an
issuer,  or a state or its  related  entities,  be  unable to make  interest  or
principal payments or should the market value of such securities decline.

         At the time any of the Funds  invest in any taxable  commercial  paper,
master demand obligation,  bank obligation or repurchase  agreement,  the issuer
must have  outstanding  debt rated A or higher by Moody's or  Standard & Poor's,
the issuer's parent corporation,  if any, must have outstanding commercial paper
rated Prime-1 by Moody's or A-1 by Standard & Poor's,  or if no such ratings are
available, the investment must be of comparable quality in Morgan's opinion.

         Prime Money Market Fund. In order to maintain a stable net asset value,
the Prime Money  Market  Fund will (i) limit its  investment  in the  securities
(other than U.S. Government  securities) of any one issuer to no more than 5% of
its assets,  measured at the time of purchase,  except for investments  held for
not more than three business days; and (ii) limit investments to securities that
present  minimal  credit  risks  and  securities  (other  than  U.S.  Government
securities) that are rated within the highest  short-term  rating category by at
least two nationally recognized  statistical rating organizations  ("NRSROs") or
by the only NRSRO that has rated the security. Securities which originally had a
maturity of over one year are subject to more complicated, but generally similar
rating  requirements.  A description of illustrative credit ratings is set forth
in  "Appendix  A." The Fund may also  purchase  unrated  securities  that are of
comparable quality to the rated securities described above. Additionally, if the
issuer of a  particular  security  has issued  other  securities  of  comparable
priority and security and which have been rated in  accordance  with (ii) above,
that  security  will be  deemed  to have the same  rating  as such  other  rated
securities.

         In  addition,  the Board of Trustees has adopted  procedures  which (i)
require  the Board of  Trustees  to approve or ratify  purchases  by the Fund of
securities  (other  than U.S.  Government  securities)  that are  unrated;  (ii)
require the Fund to maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of not
more than 90 days and to invest only in securities with a remaining  maturity of
not more than  thirteen  months;  and (iii)  require  the Fund,  in the event of
certain  downgradings  of or defaults on portfolio  holdings,  to dispose of the
holding,  subject in certain  circumstances  to a finding by the  Trustees  that
disposing of the holding would not be in the Fund's best interest.

         Treasury  Money  Market  Fund.  In order to maintain a stable net asset
value,  the  Treasury  Money  Market Fund will limit its  investments  to direct
obligations of the U.S. Treasury, including Treasury bills, notes and bonds, and
related repurchase agreement  transactions,  each having a remaining maturity of
not more  than  thirteen  months at the time of  purchase  and will  maintain  a
dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of not more than 90 days.

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

         The  investment   restrictions  of  each  Fund  and  its  corresponding
Portfolio are identical,  unless otherwise  specified.  Accordingly,  references
below to a Fund also  include  the  Fund's  corresponding  Portfolio  unless the
context requires  otherwise;  similarly,  references to a Portfolio also include
its corresponding Fund unless the context requires otherwise.

         The investment  restrictions  below have been adopted by the Trust with
respect  to each Fund and,  except as noted,  by each  corresponding  Portfolio.
Except where otherwise noted,  these investment  restrictions are  "fundamental"
policies  which,  under the 1940 Act,  may not be changed  without the vote of a
majority of the outstanding  voting securities of the Fund or Portfolio,  as the
case may be. A "majority of the outstanding voting securities" is defined in the
1940 Act as the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the voting securities  present at a
meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities are
present or represented by proxy, or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding  voting
securities. The percentage limitations contained in the restrictions below apply
at the time of the purchase of securities.  Whenever a Fund is requested to vote
on a change in the  fundamental  investment  restrictions  of its  corresponding
Portfolio,  the Trust will hold a meeting of Fund shareholders and will cast its
votes as instructed by the Fund's shareholders.

         The Funds and their corresponding portfolios:

1. May not make any investment  inconsistent with the Fund's classification as a
diversified investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

2. May not purchase any security which would cause the Fund to  concentrate  its
investments  in the  securities of issuers  primarily  engaged in any particular
industry  except as permitted  by the SEC.  This  restriction  does not apply to
instruments considered to be domestic bank money market instruments.

3. May not issue senior  securities,  except as permitted  under the  Investment
Company Act of 1940 or any rule, order or interpretation thereunder;

4. May not borrow money, except to the extent permitted by applicable law;

5. May not underwrite securities of other issuers, except to the extent that the
Fund, in disposing of portfolio securities,  may be deemed an underwriter within
the meaning of the 1933 Act;

6. May not purchase or sell real estate, except that, to the extent permitted by
applicable  law,  the Fund may (a)  invest in  securities  or other  instruments
directly or indirectly  secured by real estate,  and (b) invest in securities or
other instruments issued by issuers that invest in real estate;

7. May not purchase or sell  commodities or commodity  contracts unless acquired
as a result of ownership of  securities or other  instruments  issued by persons
that purchase or sell commodities or commodities  contracts;  but this shall not
prevent the Fund from  purchasing,  selling and entering into financial  futures
contracts (including futures contracts on indices of securities,  interest rates
and  currencies),  options on financial  futures  contracts  (including  futures
contracts on indices of securities,  interest rates and  currencies),  warrants,
swaps,  forward contracts,  foreign currency spot and forward contracts or other
derivative instruments that are not related to physical commodities; and

         8. May make  loans to other  persons,  in  accordance  with the  Fund's
investment objective and policies and to the extent permitted by applicable law.

         Non-Fundamental  Investment  Restrictions.  The investment restrictions
described below are not fundamental  policies of the Funds and their  Portfolios
and may be changed by their Trustees. These non-fundamental  investment policies
require that the Funds and their corresponding Portfolios:

(i) May not acquire any illiquid securities,  such as repurchase agreements with
more than seven days to maturity or fixed time  deposits with a duration of over
seven calendar days, if as a result  thereof,  more than 10% of the market value
of the Fund's total assets would be in investments which are illiquid;

(ii) May not purchase securities on margin,  make short sales of securities,  or
maintain a short position, provided that this restriction shall not be deemed to
be  applicable  to the  purchase  or sale of  when-issued  or  delayed  delivery
securities

(iii)  May not  acquire  securities  of other  investment  companies,  except as
permitted by the 1940 Act or any order pursuant thereto.

         Additional  Non-Fundamental Investment Restriction - Prime Money Market
Fund. The investment  restriction described below is not a fundamental policy of
the Prime Money Market Fund or its corresponding Portfolio and may be changed by
their respective Trustees. This non-fundamental  investment policy requires that
the Prime Money Market Fund and its corresponding Portfolio may not:

(iv)     enter into reverse repurchase  agreements or borrow money,  except from
         banks for  extraordinary  or emergency  purposes,  if such  obligations
         exceed in the  aggregate  one-third  of the market  value of the Fund's
         total  assets,  less  liabilities  other  than  obligations  created by
         reverse repurchase agreements and borrowings.

         Notwithstanding  any other  fundamental or  non-fundamental  investment
restriction  or policy,  each Fund  reserves the right,  without the approval of
shareholders, to invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end
registered  investment company with substantially the same investment objective,
restrictions and policies as the Fund.

         There  will  be no  violation  of any  investment  restriction  if that
restriction  is  complied  with  at  the  time  the  relevant  action  is  taken
notwithstanding a later change in market value of an investment, in net or total
assets, in the securities rating of the investment, or any other later change.

         For purposes of fundamental investment  restrictions regarding industry
concentration,  the Advisor may classify  issuers by industry in accordance with
classifications  set forth in the Directory of Companies  Filing Annual  Reports
With The Securities and Exchange  Commission or other sources. In the absence of
such  classification or if the Advisor determines in good faith based on its own
information that the economic characteristics affecting a particular issuer make
it more  appropriately  considered  to be engaged in a different  industry,  the
Advisor  may  classify  accordingly.   For  instance,  personal  credit  finance
companies  and  business  credit  finance  companies  are deemed to be  separate
industries  and wholly  owned  finance  companies  are  considered  to be in the
industry of their parents if their activities are primarily related to financing
the activities of their parents.

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Trustees

         The  Trustees  of the Trust,  who are also the  Trustees of each of the
Portfolios, their business addresses, principal occupations during the past five
years and dates of birth are set forth below.

     FREDERICK S. ADDY--Trustee;  Retired;  Prior to April 1994,  Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer,  Amoco  Corporation.  His address is 5300
Arbutus Cove, Austin, Texas 78746, and his date of birth is January 1, 1932.

     WILLIAM  G.  BURNS--Trustee;   Retired,  Former  Vice  Chairman  and  Chief
Financial Officer,  NYNEX. His address is 2200 Alaqua Drive,  Longwood,  Florida
32779, and his date of birth is November 2, 1932.

     ARTHUR C.  ESCHENLAUER--Trustee;  Retired;  Former  Senior Vice  President,
Morgan  Guaranty  Trust Company of New York. His address is 14 Alta Vista Drive,
RD #2, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, and his date of birth is May 23, 1934.

         MATTHEW   HEALEY1--Trustee,   Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer;
Chairman,  Pierpont Group,  Inc.,  since prior to 1993. His address is Pine Tree
Country Club Estates,  10286 Saint Andrews Road,  Boynton Beach,  Florida 33436,
and his date of birth is August 23, 1937.

     MICHAEL P.  MALLARDI--Trustee;  Retired;  Prior to April 1996,  Senior Vice
President, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. and President,  Broadcast Group. His address
is 10 Charnwood Drive,  Suffern,  New York 10910, and his date of birth is March
17, 1934.

         The  Trustees of the Trust are the same as the  Trustees of each of the
Portfolios. In accordance with applicable state requirements,  a majority of the
disinterested Trustees have adopted written procedures reasonably appropriate to
deal with  potential  conflicts of interest  arising from the fact that the same
individuals  are  Trustees  of the Trust,  each of the  Portfolios  and the J.P.
Morgan Funds up to and including creating a separate board of trustees.

         Each Trustee is currently paid an annual fee of $75,000 (adjusted as of
April  1,  1997)  for  serving  as  Trustee  of the  Trust,  each of the  Master
Portfolios  (as defined  below),  the J.P.  Morgan Funds and J.P.  Morgan Series
Trust and is reimbursed  for expenses  incurred in connection  with service as a
Trustee.  The Trustees may hold various other  directorships  unrelated to these
funds.

     Trustee compensation expenses paid by the Trust for the calendar year ended
December 31, 1998 are set forth below.
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                                                          TOTAL TRUSTEE COMPENSATION ACCRUED BY THE
                                                          MASTER PORTFOLIOS(*),  J.P. MORGAN FUNDS,
                                  AGGREGATE TRUSTEE       J.P. MORGAN SERIES TRUST AND THE TRUST
                                  COMPENSATION            DURING 1998(***)
                                  PAID BY THE
NAME OF TRUSTEE                   TRUST DURING 1998
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Frederick S. Addy, Trustee        $ 20,055                $ 75,000
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William G. Burns, Trustee         $ 20,055                $ 75,000
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Arthur C. Eschenlauer, Trustee    $ 20,055                $ 75,000
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Matthew Healey, Trustee(**),      $ 20,055                $ 75,000
  Chairman and Chief Executive
  Officer
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Michael P. Mallardi, Trustee      $ 20,055                $ 75,000

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(*)      Includes the  Portfolios  and 17 other  portfolios  (collectively,  the
         "Master Portfolios") for which JPMIM acts as investment adviser.

     (**) During 1998,  Pierpont  Group,  Inc. paid Mr.  Healey,  in his role as
Chairman  of  Pierpont  Group,  Inc.,  compensation  in the amount of  $157,400,
contributed  $23,610  to a  defined  contribution  plan on his  behalf  and paid
$17,700 in insurance premiums for his benefit.

(***)    No  investment  company  within  the  fund  complex  has a  pension  or
         retirement  plan.  Currently  there  are 17  investment  companies  (14
         investment companies comprising the Master Portfolios,  the J.P. Morgan
         Funds, the Trust and J.P. Morgan Series Trust) in the fund complex.

         The Trustees  decide upon  general  policies  and are  responsible  for
overseeing the Trust's and Portfolio's business affairs.  Each of the Portfolios
and the Trust has entered into a Fund Services  Agreement  with Pierpont  Group,
Inc.  to  assist  the  Trustees  in   exercising   their   overall   supervisory
responsibilities  over the  affairs of the  Portfolios  and the Trust.  Pierpont
Group,  Inc.  was  organized  in July 1989 to provide  services for The Pierpont
Family of Funds (now the J.P. Morgan Family of Funds),  and the Trustees are the
equal and sole shareholders of Pierpont Group, Inc. The Trust and the Portfolios
have agreed to pay  Pierpont  Group,  Inc. a fee in an amount  representing  its
reasonable  costs in performing  these services to the Trust, the Portfolios and
certain other registered investment companies subject to similar agreements with
Pierpont Group, Inc. These costs are periodically reviewed by the Trustees.  The
principal offices of Pierpont Group,  Inc. are located at 461 Fifth Avenue,  New
York, New York 10017.

         The  aggregate  fees paid to Pierpont  Group,  Inc.  by each  Portfolio
during the indicated fiscal periods are set forth below:

     The Prime Money Market Portfolio -- For the fiscal years ended November 30,
1996, 1997 and 1998: $157,428, $143,027 and $173,032, respectively.

The Treasury Money Market Portfolio -- For the period July 7, 1997 (commencement
of  operations)  through  October 31, 1997 and for the fiscal year ended October
31, 1998: $800 and $15,548, respectively.


Officers

         The Trust's and Portfolios'  executive  officers (listed below),  other
than  the  Chief  Executive  Officer,  are  provided  and  compensated  by Funds
Distributor,  Inc.  ("FDI"),  a  wholly  owned  indirect  subsidiary  of  Boston
Institutional  Group,  Inc.  The  officers  conduct and  supervise  the business
operations of the Trust and the Portfolios. The Trust and the Portfolios have no
employees.

         The  officers  of  the  Trust  and  the  Portfolios,   their  principal
occupations  during the past five years and dates of birth are set forth  below.
Unless otherwise specified,  each officer holds the same position with the Trust
and  each  Portfolio.  The  business  address  of  each of the  officers  unless
otherwise noted is Funds Distributor, Inc., 60 State Street, Suite 1300, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109.

         MATTHEW HEALEY;  Chief  Executive  Officer;  Chairman,  Pierpont Group,
since prior to 1993. His address is Pine Tree Country Club Estates,  10286 Saint
Andrews Road,  Boynton  Beach,  Florida  33436.  His date of birth is August 23,
1937.

     MARGARET W. CHAMBERS;  Vice President and Secretary.  Senior Vice President
and General  Counsel of FDI since April,  1998.  From August 1996 to March 1998,
Ms. Chambers was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Loomis, Sayles
& Company,  L.P. From January 1986 to July 1996,  she was an associate  with the
law firm of Ropes & Gray. Her date of birth is October 12, 1959.

         MARIE E. CONNOLLY;  Vice President and Assistant Treasurer.  President,
Chief Executive  Officer,  Chief Compliance Officer and Director of FDI, Premier
Mutual Fund  Services,  Inc.,  an  affiliate  of FDI  ("Premier  Mutual") and an
officer of certain  investment  companies  distributed or  administered  by FDI.
Prior to July 1994, she was President and Chief  Compliance  Officer of FDI. Her
date of birth is August 1, 1957.

     DOUGLAS C. CONROY; Vice President and Assistant  Treasurer.  Assistant Vice
President   and   Assistant   Department   Manager  of  Treasury   Services  and
Administration of FDI and an officer of certain investment companies distributed
or  administered  by FDI.  Prior to April 1997,  Mr.  Conroy was  Supervisor  of
Treasury  Services and  Administration  of FDI. From April 1993 to January 1995,
Mr. Conroy was a Senior Fund Accountant for Investors Bank & Trust Company.  His
date of birth is March 31, 1969.

     JACQUELINE  HENNING (of The Prime Money Market Portfolio  only);  Assistant
Secretary and Assistant  Treasurer of the Portfolios  only.  Managing  Director,
State Street Cayman Trust  Company,  Ltd.  since October 1994.  Prior to October
1994, Mrs. Henning was head of mutual funds at Morgan Grenfell in Cayman and was
Managing Director of Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company (Cayman) Limited prior to
September  1993.  Address:  P.O.  Box 2508 GT,  Elizabethan  Square,  2nd Floor,
Shedden Road, George Town, Grand Cayman,  Cayman Islands, BWI. Her date of birth
is March 24, 1942.

     KAREN JACOPPO-WOOD;  Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Vice President
and  Senior  Counsel  of FDI and an  officer  of  certain  investment  companies
distributed  or  administered  by FDI.  From  June  1994 to  January  1996,  Ms.
Jacoppo-Wood was a Manager of SEC Registration at Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Prior to May 1994, Ms. Jacoppo-Wood was a senior paralegal at The Boston Company
Advisors, Inc. ("TBCA"). Her date of birth is December 29, 1966.

     CHRISTOPHER  J.  KELLEY;  Vice  President  and  Assistant  Secretary.  Vice
President and Senior Associate  General Counsel of FDI and Premier Mutual and an
officer of certain investment companies distributed or administered by FDI. From
April 1994 to July 1996,  Mr.  Kelley was Assistant  Counsel at Forum  Financial
Group.  Prior to April 1994,  Mr. Kelley was employed by Putnam  Investments  in
legal and compliance capacities. His date of birth is December 24, 1964.

     KATHLEEN  K.  MORRISEY;  Vice  President  and  Assistant  Secretary.   Vice
President  and  Assistant   Secretary  of  FDI.  Manager  of  Treasury  Services
Administration  and an  officer  of  certain  investment  companies  advised  or
administered  by  Montgomery  Asset  Management,  L.P.  and  Dresdner RCM Global
Investors,  Inc., and their  respective  affiliates.  From July 1994 to November
1995, Ms.  Morrisey was a Fund Accountant II for Investors Bank & Trust Company.
Prior to July 1994 she was a finance student at Stonehill  College.  Her date of
birth is July 5, 1972.

     MARY A. NELSON; Vice President and Assistant Treasurer.  Vice President and
Manager of Treasury Services and Administration of FDI and Premier Mutual and an
officer of certain  investment  companies  distributed or  administered  by FDI.
Prior to August 1994,  Ms.  Nelson was an Assistant  Vice  President  and Client
Manager for The Boston Company, Inc. Her date of birth is April 22, 1964.

     MARY JO PACE;  Assistant Treasurer.  Vice President,  Morgan Guaranty Trust
Company of New York.  Ms.  Pace  serves in the Funds  Administration  group as a
Manager for the Budgeting and Expense Processing Group. Prior to September 1995,
Ms. Pace served as a Fund Administrator for Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New
York. Her address is 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10260. Her date of birth
is March 13, 1966.

     MICHAEL S. PETRUCELLI;  Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Senior Vice
President and Director of Strategic  Client  Initiatives  for FDI since December
1996. From December 1989 through November 1996, Mr. Petrucelli was employed with
GE  Investments  where  he held  various  financial,  business  development  and
compliance  positions.  He also  served  as  Treasurer  of the GE  Funds  and as
Director of GE Investment  Services.  Address:  200 Park Avenue,  New York,  New
York, 10166. His date of birth is May 18, 1961.

     STEPHANIE D. PIERCE; Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Vice President
and Client  Development  Manager for FDI since  April  1998.  From April 1997 to
March 1998,  Ms.  Pierce was employed by Citibank,  NA as an officer of Citibank
and Relationship  Manager on the Business and Professional Banking team handling
over 22,000 clients.  Address:  200 Park Avenue,  New York, New York 10166.  Her
date of birth is August 18, 1968.

     GEORGE A. RIO; President and Treasurer. Executive Vice President and Client
Service  Director of FDI since April 1998. From June 1995 to March 1998, Mr. Rio
was Senior  Vice  President  and Senior Key Account  Manager  for Putnam  Mutual
Funds. From May 1994 to June 1995, Mr. Rio was Director of Business  Development
for First Data Corporation.  From September 1983 to May 1994, Mr. Rio was Senior
Vice  President & Manager of Client  Services and Director of Internal  Audit at
The Boston Company. His date of birth is January 2, 1955.

     CHRISTINE ROTUNDO;  Assistant  Treasurer.  Vice President,  Morgan Guaranty
Trust Company of New York. Ms. Rotundo serves in the Funds  Administration group
as a Manager  of the Tax  Group  and is  responsible  for U.S.  mutual  fund tax
matters.  Prior to September 1995, Ms. Rotundo served as a Senior Tax Manager in
the Investment  Company  Services Group of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Her address is
60 Wall Street,  New York,  New York 10260.  Her date of birth is September  26,
1965.

INVESTMENT ADVISOR

         The Funds have not  retained  the  services  of an  investment  adviser
because each Fund seeks to achieve its investment  objective by investing all of
its investable assets in a corresponding  Portfolio.  Subject to the supervision
of the  Portfolio's  Trustees,  the Advisor  makes each  Portfolio's  day-to-day
investment decisions,  arranges for the execution of Portfolio  transactions and
generally  manages the Portfolio's  investments.  Effective October 1, 1998 each
Portfolio's  investment  advisor is JPMIM.  Prior to that  date,  Morgan was the
investment  advisor.  JPMIM,  a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of J.P.  Morgan & Co.
Incorporated  ("J.P.  Morgan"),  is a registered  investment  adviser  under the
Investment  Advisers Act of 1940,  as amended,  which manages  employee  benefit
funds of  corporations,  labor  unions and state and local  governments  and the
accounts  of other  institutional  investors,  including  investment  companies.
Certain of the assets of employee  benefit  accounts  under its  management  are
invested in commingled pension trust funds for which Morgan serves as trustee.

         J.P.  Morgan,  through  the  Advisor  and other  subsidiaries,  acts as
investment advisor to individuals,  governments,  corporations, employee benefit
plans, mutual funds and other institutional investors with combined assets under
management of approximately $320 billion.

         J.P.  Morgan has a long history of service as adviser,  underwriter and
lender to an extensive  roster of major companies and as a financial  advisor to
national  governments.  The firm,  through its  predecessor  firms,  has been in
business for over a century and has been managing investments since 1913.

         The basis of the Advisor's investment process is fundamental investment
research as the firm  believes  that  fundamentals  should  determine an asset's
value over the long  term.  J.P.  Morgan  currently  employs  over 100 full time
research  analysts,  among the largest  research staffs in the money  management
industry,  in its investment  management  divisions located in New York, London,
Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Singapore to cover companies,  industries and countries on
site. In addition,  the investment management divisions employ approximately 300
capital market researchers,  portfolio managers and traders. The Advisor's fixed
income  investment   process  is  based  on  analysis  of  real  rates,   sector
diversification and quantitative and credit analysis.

         The investment advisory services the Advisor provides to the Portfolios
are not  exclusive  under the terms of the Advisory  Agreements.  The Advisor is
free to and does render  similar  investment  advisory  services to others.  The
Advisor serves as investment  advisor to personal investors and other investment
companies and acts as fiduciary for trusts,  estates and employee benefit plans.
Certain of the assets of trusts and estates  under  management  are  invested in
common trust funds for which the Advisor  serves as trustee.  The accounts which
are managed or advised by the Advisor have varying investment objectives and the
Advisor invests assets of such accounts in investments substantially similar to,
or the same as, those which are expected to constitute the principal investments
of the Portfolios. Such accounts are supervised by officers and employees of the
Advisor who may also be acting in similar  capacities  for the  Portfolios.  See
"Portfolio Transactions."

         Sector  weightings  are  generally  similar  to a  benchmark  with  the
emphasis on security selection as the method to achieve  investment  performance
superior to the benchmark.  The benchmarks for the Portfolios in which the Funds
invest are currently:  The Prime Money Market  Portfolio--IBC's First Tier Money
Fund Average; The Treasury Money Market Portfolio--IBC's Treasury and Repo Money
Fund Average.

        Morgan, also a wholly owned subsidiary of J.P. Morgan, is a bank holding
company  organized  under  the laws of the  State  of  Delaware.  Morgan,  whose
principal offices are at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10260, is a New York
trust company which  conducts a general  banking and trust  business.  Morgan is
subject to regulation by the New York State Banking  Department  and is a member
bank of the Federal Reserve System. Through offices in New York City and abroad,
Morgan   offers  a  wide  range  of   services,   primarily   to   governmental,
institutional,  corporate and high net worth individual  customers in the United
States and throughout the world.

         The  Portfolios  are managed by officers of the Advisor  who, in acting
for their customers,  including the Portfolios,  do not discuss their investment
decisions with any personnel of J.P.  Morgan or any personnel of other divisions
of the Advisor or with any of its  affiliated  persons,  with the  exception  of
certain other investment management affiliates of J.P. Morgan.

         As compensation for the services  rendered and related expenses such as
salaries  of  advisory  personnel  borne by the  Advisor  under  the  Investment
Advisory Agreements,  the Portfolio corresponding to each Fund has agreed to pay
the Advisor a fee, which is computed daily and may be paid monthly, equal to the
annual  rates of 0.20% of each  Portfolio's  average  daily net  assets up to $1
billion and 0.10% of each  Portfolio's  average daily net assets in excess of $1
billion.

         The table below sets forth for each Portfolio  listed the advisory fees
paid to Morgan and JPMIM, as applicable,  for the fiscal periods indicated.  See
the Prospectus and below for applicable expense limitations.

     The Prime Money Market Portfolio -- For the fiscal years ended November 30,
1996, 1997 and 1998: $4,503,793, $5,063,662 and $7,199,733, respectively.

The Treasury Money Market Portfolio -- For the period July 7, 1997 (commencement
of  operations)  through  October 31, 1997 and for the fiscal year ended October
31, 1998: $49,123 and $1,080,743, respectively.

         The Investment  Advisory  Agreements provide that they will continue in
effect for a period of two years after execution only if  specifically  approved
thereafter  annually  in the same  manner  as the  Distribution  Agreement.  See
"Distributor"  below. Each of the Investment  Advisory Agreements will terminate
automatically  if assigned and is  terminable  at any time without  penalty by a
vote of a majority of the Portfolio's Trustees, or by a vote of the holders of a
majority of the Portfolio's  outstanding voting securities,  on 60 days' written
notice to the  Advisor  and by the  Advisor  on 90 days'  written  notice to the
Portfolio. See "Additional Information."

         The  Glass-Steagall  Act and other  applicable laws generally  prohibit
banks such as the Advisor  from  engaging in the  business  of  underwriting  or
distributing  securities,  and the Board of  Governors  of the  Federal  Reserve
System has issued an  interpretation  to the effect that under these laws a bank
holding company registered under the federal Bank Holding Company Act or certain
subsidiaries thereof may not sponsor, organize, or control a registered open-end
investment company  continuously  engaged in the issuance of its shares, such as
the  Trust.  The  interpretation  does  not  prohibit  a  holding  company  or a
subsidiary  thereof from acting as  investment  advisor and custodian to such an
investment  company.  The Advisor  believes that it may perform the services for
the Portfolios  contemplated by the Advisory Agreements without violation of the
Glass-Steagall Act or other applicable  banking laws or regulations.  State laws
on this issue may differ from the  interpretation  of relevant  federal law, and
banks and financial institutions may be required to register as dealers pursuant
to state securities laws.  However, it is possible that future changes in either
federal or state statutes and regulations  concerning the permissible activities
of banks or trust  companies,  as well as  further  judicial  or  administrative
decisions and  interpretations  of present and future statutes and  regulations,
might  prevent the Advisor  from  continuing  to perform  such  services for the
Portfolios.

         If the Advisor were prohibited from acting as investment advisor to any
Portfolio,  it is expected that the Trustees of the Portfolio would recommend to
investors  that they  approve the  Portfolio's  entering  into a new  investment
advisory  agreement with another  qualified  investment  advisor selected by the
Trustees.

     Under  separate  agreements,   Morgan  provides  certain  financial,   fund
accounting  and  administrative  services  to the Trust and the  Portfolios  and
shareholder  services  for the Trust.  See  "Services  Agent"  and  "Shareholder
Servicing" below.

DISTRIBUTOR

         FDI  serves as the  Trust's  exclusive  Distributor  and  holds  itself
available  to receive  purchase  orders for each of the Fund's  shares.  In that
capacity,  FDI has been granted the right, as agent of the Trust, to solicit and
accept orders for the purchase of each of the Fund's  shares in accordance  with
the terms of the  Distribution  Agreement  between the Trust and FDI.  Under the
terms of the Distribution  Agreement  between FDI and the Trust, FDI receives no
compensation in its capacity as the Trust's  distributor.  FDI is a wholly owned
indirect  subsidiary  of Boston  Institutional  Group,  Inc.  FDI also serves as
exclusive   placement   agent  for  the   Portfolio.   FDI  currently   provides
administration  and  distribution  services  for a number  of  other  investment
companies.

         The  Distribution  Agreement  shall  continue in effect with respect to
each of the  Funds  for a period  of two  years  after  execution  only if it is
approved at least annually thereafter (i) by a vote of the holders of a majority
of the  Fund's  outstanding  shares or by its  Trustees  and (ii) by a vote of a
majority  of the  Trustees  of the Trust who are not  "interested  persons"  (as
defined by the 1940 Act) of the parties to the Distribution  Agreement,  cast in
person at a meeting  called  for the  purpose  of voting on such  approval  (see
"Trustees  and   Officers").   The   Distribution   Agreement   will   terminate
automatically  if assigned by either party thereto and is terminable at any time
without  penalty by a vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust, a vote of
a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested  persons" of the Trust, or by
a vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's  outstanding shares as defined
under "Additional Information," in any case without payment of any penalty on 60
days'  written  notice to the other  party.  The  principal  offices  of FDI are
located at 60 State Street, Suite 1300, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

CO-ADMINISTRATOR

         Under  Co-Administration  Agreements  with the Trust and the Portfolios
dated  August 1,  1996,  FDI also  serves  as the  Trust's  and the  Portfolios'
Co-Administrator.  The Co-Administration Agreements may be renewed or amended by
the  respective  Trustees  without a  shareholder  vote.  The  Co-Administration
Agreements are terminable at any time without penalty by a vote of a majority of
the Trustees of the Trust or the Portfolios,  as applicable, on not more than 60
days' written  notice nor less than 30 days' written  notice to the other party.
The  Co-Administrator  may subcontract  for the performance of its  obligations,
provided,  however,  that  unless the Trust or the  Portfolios,  as  applicable,
expressly agrees in writing, the Co-Administrator shall be fully responsible for
the acts and  omissions  of any  subcontractor  as it would  for its own acts or
omissions. See "Services Agent" below.

         FDI (i) provides  office space,  equipment  and clerical  personnel for
maintaining  the  organization  and  books  and  records  of the  Trust  and the
Portfolio;  (ii)  provides  officers  for the  Trust  and the  Portfolio;  (iii)
prepares and files  documents  required  for  notification  of state  securities
administrators; (iv) reviews and files marketing and sales literature; (v) files
Portfolio  regulatory  documents and mails Portfolio  communications to Trustees
and investors; and (vi) maintains related books and records.

         For its services under the Co-Administration  Agreements, each Fund and
Portfolio has agreed to pay FDI fees equal to its  allocable  share of an annual
complex-wide  charge of $425,000 plus FDI's out-of-pocket  expenses.  The amount
allocable  to each Fund or  Portfolio is based on the ratio of its net assets to
the aggregate net assets of the Trust,  the Master  Portfolios and certain other
investment companies subject to similar agreements with FDI.

         The table below sets forth for each Fund  listed and its  corresponding
Portfolio the administrative fees paid to FDI for the fiscal periods indicated.

The Prime  Money  Market  Portfolio  -- For the  period  August 1, 1996  through
November 30, 1996,  the fiscal year ended  November 30, 1997 and the fiscal year
ended November 30, 1998: $33,012, $96,662 and $115,137, respectively.

The Treasury Money Market Portfolio -- For the period July 7, 1997 (commencement
of  operations)  through  October 31, 1997 and for the fiscal year ended October
31, 1998: $406 and $7,258, respectively.

         The table below sets forth for the Prime  Money  Market  Portfolio  the
administrative  fees  paid to  Signature  Broker-Dealer  Services,  Inc.  (which
provided  distribution  and  administrative  services to the Trust and placement
agent and administrative services to the Portfolios prior to August 1, 1996) for
the  fiscal  periods  indicated.  See the  Prospectus  and below for  applicable
expense limitations.

The Prime Money Market Portfolio -- For the period December 1, 1995 through July
31, 1996: $272,989.

SERVICES AGENT

         The Trust, on behalf of each Fund, and the Portfolios have entered into
Administrative  Services  Agreements  (the  "Services  Agreements")  with Morgan
pursuant to which Morgan is responsible for certain  administrative  and related
services  provided to each Fund and its  corresponding  Portfolio.  The Services
Agreements may be terminated at any time,  without  penalty,  by the Trustees or
Morgan,  in each case on not more  than 60 days' nor less than 30 days'  written
notice to the other party.

         Under the Services Agreements, each of the Funds and the Portfolios has
agreed to pay Morgan fees equal to its allocable share of an annual complex-wide
charge. This charge is calculated daily based on the aggregate net assets of the
Master  Portfolios and J.P. Morgan Series Trust in accordance with the following
annual schedule:  0.09% of the first $7 billion of their aggregate average daily
net assets and 0.04% of their aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $7
billion,  less the complex-wide  fees payable to FDI. The portion of this charge
payable by each Fund and Portfolio is determined by the proportionate share that
its net assets bear to the total net assets of the Trust, the Master Portfolios,
the other investors in the Master  Portfolios for which Morgan provides  similar
services and J.P. Morgan Series Trust.

         Under prior administrative  services agreements in effect from December
29, 1995 through July 31, 1996, with Morgan, each Fund's corresponding Portfolio
(except the  Treasury  Money  Market  Portfolio)  paid Morgan a fee equal to its
proportionate share of an annual complex-wide charge. This charge was calculated
daily based on the aggregate  net assets of the Master  Portfolios in accordance
with the  following  schedule:  0.06%  of the  first $7  billion  of the  Master
Portfolios'  aggregate  average  daily  net  assets,  and  0.03%  of the  Master
Portfolios' aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $7 billion.

         Prior to December 29, 1995,  the Trust and each  Portfolio  (except The
Treasury Money Market  Portfolio) had entered into Financial and Fund Accounting
Services Agreements with Morgan, the provisions of which included certain of the
activities  described  above and,  prior to  September  1, 1995,  also  included
reimbursement  of usual and customary  expenses.  The table below sets forth for
each Fund  listed  and its  corresponding  Portfolio  the fees paid to Morgan as
Services Agent. See the Prospectus and below for applicable expense limitations.

     The Prime Money Market Portfolio -- For the fiscal years ended November 30,
1996, 1997 and 1998: $891,730, $1,256,131 and $1,788,454, respectively.

The Treasury Money Market Portfolio -- For the period July 7, 1997 (commencement
of  operations)  through  October 31, 1997 and for the fiscal year ended October
31, 1998: $7,289 and $155,752, respectively.




CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT

         State  Street Bank and Trust  Company  ("State  Street"),  225 Franklin
Street, Boston,  Massachusetts 02110, serves as the Trust's and each Portfolio's
custodian  and fund  accounting  agent and each  Fund's  transfer  and  dividend
disbursing  agent.  Pursuant  to  the  Custodian  Contracts,   State  Street  is
responsible  for  maintaining  the books of account  and  records  of  portfolio
transactions and holding portfolio  securities and cash. The custodian maintains
portfolio  transaction records. As transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent,
State Street is  responsible  for  maintaining  account  records  detailing  the
ownership  of Fund  shares and for  crediting  income,  capital  gains and other
changes in share ownership to shareholder accounts.

SHAREHOLDER SERVICING

         The Trust on behalf of each of the Funds has entered into a Shareholder
Servicing  Agreement  with Morgan  pursuant to which Morgan acts as  shareholder
servicing agent for its customers and for other Fund investors who are customers
of a Service  Organization.  Under this  agreement,  Morgan is  responsible  for
performing  shareholder account,  administrative and servicing functions,  which
include but are not limited to, answering inquiries regarding account status and
history,  the manner in which  purchases and  redemptions  of Fund shares may be
effected, and certain other matters pertaining to a Fund; assisting customers in
designating and changing dividend options,  account  designations and addresses;
providing necessary personnel and facilities to coordinate the establishment and
maintenance of shareholder  accounts and records with the Funds' transfer agent;
transmitting  purchase and  redemption  orders to the Funds'  transfer agent and
arranging  for the  wiring  or other  transfer  of  funds  to and from  customer
accounts in connection with orders to purchase or redeem Fund shares;  verifying
purchase  and  redemption  orders,  transfers  among and  changes  in  accounts;
informing  the  Distributor  of the gross  amount of  purchase  orders  for Fund
shares;  monitoring the activities of the Funds' transfer  agent;  and providing
other related services.

         Under the Shareholder Servicing Agreement,  each Fund has agreed to pay
Morgan for these services a fee at the annual rate (expressed as a percentage of
the average  daily net asset values of Fund shares owned by or for  shareholders
for whom Morgan is acting as shareholder  servicing agent) of 0.05%. Morgan acts
as shareholder servicing agent for all shareholders.

         As discussed under  "Investment  Advisor," the  Glass-Steagall  Act and
other  applicable  laws and  regulations  limit the  activities  of bank holding
companies  and  certain of their  subsidiaries  in  connection  with  registered
open-end investment companies. The activities of Morgan in acting as shareholder
servicing agent for Fund shareholders under the Shareholder  Servicing Agreement
and providing  administrative services to the Funds and the Portfolios under the
Services  Agreements,  and the  activities  of JPMIM in acting as Advisor to the
Portfolios  under the  Investment  Advisory  Agreements,  may raise issues under
these laws.  However,  JPMIM and Morgan  believe that they may properly  perform
these  services and the other  activities  described in the  Prospectus  without
violation  of the  Glass-Steagall  Act  or  other  applicable  banking  laws  or
regulations.

         If Morgan were  prohibited from providing any of the services under the
Shareholder Servicing Agreement and the Services Agreements,  the Trustees would
seek an  alternative  provider of such services.  In such event,  changes in the
operation of the Funds or the Portfolios might occur and a shareholder  might no
longer be able to avail himself or herself of any services  then being  provided
to shareholders by Morgan.

SERVICE ORGANIZATION

         The Trust,  on behalf of each  Fund,  has  adopted a service  plan (the
"Plan")  with  respect to the shares which  authorizes  the Funds to  compensate
Service  Organizations  for providing certain account  administration  and other
services to their customers who are beneficial  owners of such shares.  Pursuant
to the Plan,  the Trust,  on behalf of each Fund,  enters into  agreements  with
Service  Organizations  which  purchase  shares  on  behalf  of their  customers
("Service Agreements"). Under such Service Agreements, the Service Organizations
may: (a) act,  directly or through an agent,  as the sole  shareholder of record
and nominee for all  customers,  (b) maintain or assist in  maintaining  account
records for each  customer  who  beneficially  owns  shares,  and (c) process or
assist in processing  customer orders to purchase,  redeem and exchange  shares,
and handle or assist in handling  the  transmission  of funds  representing  the
customers'  purchase  price or redemption  proceeds.  As  compensation  for such
services,  the Trust on behalf of each  Fund pays each  Service  Organization  a
service  fee in an amount up to 0.25% (on an  annualized  basis) of the  average
daily net assets of the shares of each Fund  attributable to or held in the name
of such Service Organization for its customers.

         Conflicts of interest  restrictions  (including the Employee Retirement
Income  Security Act of 1974) may apply to a Service  Organization's  receipt of
compensation  paid by the Trust in connection  with the  investment of fiduciary
funds  in  shares.  Service  Organizations,  including  banks  regulated  by the
Comptroller of the Currency,  the Federal  Reserve Board or the Federal  Deposit
Insurance Corporation,  and investment advisers and other money managers subject
to the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of
Labor or state  securities  commissions,  are urged to  consult  legal  advisers
before  investing  fiduciary  assets in shares.  In  addition,  under some state
securities laws,  banks and other financial  institutions  purchasing  shares on
behalf of their customers may be required to register as dealers.

         The Trustees of the Trust, including a majority of Trustees who are not
interested  persons  of the Trust and who have no direct or  indirect  financial
interest  in the  operation  of such  Plan or the  related  Service  Agreements,
initially  voted to approve the Plan and Service  Agreements at a meeting called
for the purpose of voting on such Plan and Service  Agreements on April 9, 1997.
The Plan was approved by the initial  shareholders of each Fund on June 3, 1997,
remains in effect  until July 10, 1998 and will  continue  in effect  thereafter
only if such  continuance  is  specifically  approved  annually by a vote of the
Trustees in the manner  described above. The Plan may not be amended to increase
materially  the amount to be spent for the services  described  therein  without
approval of the  shareholders of the affected Fund, and all material  amendments
of the Plan must also be approved by the Trustees in the manner described above.
The  Plan  may be  terminated  at any  time by a  majority  of the  Trustees  as
described  above  or by vote of a  majority  of the  outstanding  shares  of the
affected  Fund. The Service  Agreements  may be terminated at any time,  without
payment of any penalty,  by vote of a majority of the disinterested  Trustees as
described  above or by a vote of a  majority  of the  outstanding  shares of the
affected Fund on not more than 60 days' written notice to any other party to the
Service  Agreements.  The Service  Agreements  shall terminate  automatically if
assigned.  So long as the Plans are in effect,  the selection and  nomination of
those  Trustees  who are not  interested  persons  shall  be  determined  by the
non-interested  members of the Board of Trustees.  The Trustees have  determined
that, in their  judgment,  there is a reasonable  likelihood  that the Plan will
benefit the Funds and Fund  shareholders.  In the Trustees'  quarterly review of
the  Plan  and  Service   Agreements,   they  will  consider   their   continued
appropriateness and the level of compensation provided therein.

DISTRIBUTION PLAN

         Rule  12b-1  (the  "Rule")  under the 1940 Act  provides,  among  other
things,  that an investment company may bear expenses of distributing its shares
only pursuant to a plan adopted in accordance  with the Rule. On April 28, 1999,
the Trustees have adopted such a plan (the "Distribution  Plan") with respect to
the Funds  pursuant  to which each Fund pays for  distributing  its shares at an
annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the value of the average  daily net assets of
the Fund.  Under the  Distribution  Plan,  the Fund may make payments to certain
financial  institutions,  securities dealers,  and other industry  professionals
that have  entered  into  written  agreements  with the Fund in respect of these
services.  The  amounts  to be paid to such  institutions  is based on the daily
value of shares owned by their clients.  The fees payable under the Distribution
Plan for  advertising,  marketing and distributing are payable without regard to
actual  expenses  incurred.  The  Trustees  believe  that there is a  reasonable
likelihood  that  the   Distribution   Plan  will  benefit  each  Fund  and  its
shareholders.

         Quarterly reports of the amounts expended under the Distribution  Plan,
and the purposes for which such expenditures were incurred,  will be made to the
Trustees for their review.  In addition,  the Distribution Plan provides that it
may not be amended to increase  materially the costs which holders of the Funds'
shares may bear for distribution  without approval of such shareholders and that
all  material  amendments  of the  Distribution  Plan  must be  approved  by the
Trustees,  and by the Trustees who are neither "interested  persons" (as defined
in the 1940 Act) of the Trust nor have any direct or indirect financial interest
in the operation of the Distribution  Plan or in the related  Distribution  Plan
agreements,  by vote  cast in  person at a meeting  called  for the  purpose  of
considering such amendments.  The Distribution  Plan and related  agreements are
subject  to annual  approval  by such vote of the  Trustees  cast in person at a
meeting  called for the purpose of voting on the  Distribution  Plan and related
agreements.  The  Distribution  Plan  is  terminable  at any  time  by vote of a
majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" and who have no direct
or indirect  financial  interest in the operation of the Distribution Plan or in
the related agreements or by vote of the holders of a majority of shares, as the
case may be.  A  related  Distribution  Plan  agreement  is  terminable  without
penalty,  at any time, by such vote of the Trustees or by vote of the holders of
a majority of the Fund's  shares upon not more than 60 days'  written  notice to
any other party to such agreement.  A Distribution Plan agreement will terminate
automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).

INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         The  independent  accountants  of the  Trust  and  the  Portfolios  are
PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP,  1177 Avenue of the  Americas,  New York,  New York
10036.  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP  conducts an annual  audit of the  financial
statements of each of the Funds and the  Portfolios,  assists in the preparation
and/or review of each of the Fund's and the Portfolio's federal and state income
tax  returns and  consults  with the Funds and the  Portfolios  as to matters of
accounting and federal and state income taxation.

EXPENSES

         In addition to the fees payable to Pierpont Group, Inc., JPMIM, Morgan,
FDI and Service Organizations under various agreements discussed under "Trustees
and  Officers,"   "Investment   Advisor,"   "Co-Administrator",   "Distributor,"
"Services Agent" and "Shareholder Servicing" above, the Funds and the Portfolios
are  responsible  for  usual  and  customary  expenses   associated  with  their
respective operations.  Such expenses include organization expenses, legal fees,
accounting and audit expenses, insurance costs, the compensation and expenses of
the  Trustees,  costs  associated  with their  registration  fees under  federal
securities  laws,  and  extraordinary  expenses  applicable  to the Funds or the
Portfolios.  For the Funds, such expenses also include  transfer,  registrar and
dividend disbursing costs, the expenses of printing and mailing reports, notices
and  proxy  statements  to  Fund  shareholders,  and  filing  fees  under  state
securities laws. For the Portfolios,  such expenses also include custodian fees.
Under fee arrangements  prior to September 1, 1995, Morgan as Services Agent was
responsible  for  reimbursements  to the Trust and the  Portfolio  and the usual
customary  expenses  described above (excluding  organization and  extraordinary
expenses,  custodian fees and brokerage  expenses).  For additional  information
regarding waivers or expense subsidies, see the Prospectus.

         J.P.  Morgan has agreed  that it will  reimburse  the Funds noted below
until  further  notice to the extent  necessary  to  maintain  the Fund's  total
operating expenses (which include expenses of the Fund and the Portfolio) at the
following annual rates of the Fund's average daily net assets.

         Prime Money Market Fund:                                      0.70%
         Treasury Money Market Fund:                                   0.70%

     These  limits  do not cover  extraordinary  expenses.  These  reimbursement
arrangements can be changed at any time at the option of J.P. Morgan.

         The table below sets forth for each Portfolio listed the fees and other
expenses J.P. Morgan  reimbursed  under the expense  reimbursement  arrangements
described above or pursuant to prior expense reimbursement  arrangements for the
fiscal periods indicated.

     The Prime Money Market Portfolio -- For the fiscal years ended November 30,
1996, 1997 and 1998: $9,993, N/A and N/A respectively.

The Treasury Money Market Portfolio -- For the period July 7, 1997 (commencement
of  operations)  through  October 31,  1997 and for the fiscal year  October 31,
1998: $118,095 and $828,462, respectively.

PURCHASE OF SHARES

         Method of  Purchase.  Investors  may open  accounts  with the Fund only
through  the  Distributor.  All  purchase  transactions  in  Fund  accounts  are
processed by Morgan as shareholder servicing agent and the Fund is authorized to
accept any  instructions  relating to a Fund account from Morgan as  shareholder
servicing  agent for the customer.  All purchase  orders must be accepted by the
Distributor.  Prospective  investors who are not already customers of Morgan may
apply to become  customers of Morgan for the sole purpose of Fund  transactions.
There  are no  charges  associated  with  becoming  a Morgan  customer  for this
purpose.  Morgan  reserves the right to  determine  the  customers  that it will
accept,  and the Trust reserves the right to determine the purchase  orders that
it will accept.

         References  in  the   Prospectus   and  this  Statement  of  Additional
Information to customers of Morgan or a Service  Organization  include customers
of their affiliates and references to transactions by customers with Morgan or a
Service  Organization  include  transactions  with their  affiliates.  Only Fund
investors  who are using  the  services  of a  financial  institution  acting as
shareholder servicing agent pursuant to an agreement with the Trust on behalf of
a Fund may make transactions in shares of a Fund.

         Shares  may be  purchased  for  accounts  held in the name of a Service
Organization that provides certain account  administration and other services to
its  customers,  including  acting  directly  or  through  an  agent as the sole
shareholder of record,  maintenance or assistance in maintaining account records
and processing  orders to purchase,  redeem and exchange shares.  Shares of each
Fund bear the cost of service  fees at the  annual  rate of up to 0.25% of 1% of
the average daily net assets of such shares.

         It is possible that an institution or its affiliate may offer shares of
different  funds which invest in the same  Portfolio to its  customers  and thus
receive different  compensation with respect to different funds. Certain aspects
of the shares may be altered,  after advance  notice to  shareholders,  if it is
deemed necessary in order to satisfy certain tax regulatory requirements.

         Each Fund may,  at its own  option,  accept  securities  in payment for
shares. The securities  delivered in such a transaction are valued by the method
described in "Net Asset Value" as of the day the Fund  receives the  securities.
This is a taxable transaction to the shareholder.  Securities may be accepted in
payment for shares only if they are, in the judgment of the Advisor, appropriate
investments  for the Fund's  corresponding  Portfolio.  In addition,  securities
accepted in payment  for shares  must:  (i) meet the  investment  objective  and
policies of the acquiring Fund's  corresponding  Portfolio;  (ii) be acquired by
the applicable  Fund for investment and not for resale (other than for resale to
the Fund's  corresponding  Portfolio);  and (iii) be liquid securities which are
not  restricted as to transfer  either by law or liquidity of market.  Each Fund
reserves the right to accept or reject at its own option any and all  securities
offered in payment for its shares.

         Prospective  investors  may purchase  shares with the  assistance  of a
Service Organization, and the Service Organization may charge the investor a fee
for this service and other services it provides to its customers.

REDEMPTION OF SHARES

         Investors   may  redeem   shares  as  described   in  the   Prospectus.
Shareholders  redeeming  shares  of the  Funds  should  be aware  that the Funds
attempt to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share; however,  there
can be no  assurance  that they will be able to  continue  to do so, and in that
case the net asset  value of the  Fund's  shares  might  deviate  from $1.00 per
share.  Accordingly,  a redemption  request  might result in payment of a dollar
amount which differs from the number of shares  redeemed.  See "Net Asset Value"
below.

         If the  Trust  on  behalf  of a Fund  and its  corresponding  Portfolio
determine  that it would be  detrimental  to the best  interest of the remaining
shareholders of a Fund to make payment wholly or partly in cash,  payment of the
redemption  price may be made in whole or in part by a  distribution  in kind of
securities  from  the  Portfolio,  in lieu  of  cash,  in  conformity  with  the
applicable  rule of the SEC.  If shares  are  redeemed  in kind,  the  redeeming
shareholder  might incur  transaction  costs in converting the assets into cash.
The method of valuing portfolio securities is described under "Net Asset Value,"
and such  valuation  will be made as of the same  time the  redemption  price is
determined.  The Trust on  behalf  of the  Treasury  Money  Market  Fund and its
corresponding  Portfolio has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940
Act pursuant to which the Fund and its corresponding  Portfolio are obligated to
redeem  shares solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or one percent of the
net asset  value of the Fund during any 90-day  period for any one  shareholder.
The Trust will redeem Fund shares in kind only if it has  received a  redemption
in kind from the corresponding  Portfolio and therefore shareholders of the Fund
that receive  redemptions in kind will receive securities of the Portfolio.  The
Portfolio  has  advised  the Trust  that the  Portfolio  will not redeem in kind
except in circumstances in which the Fund is permitted to redeem in kind.

         Further  Redemption   Information.   Investors  should  be  aware  that
redemptions  from a Fund may not be  processed  if a  redemption  request is not
submitted in proper form. To be in proper form,  the Fund must have received the
shareholder's  taxpayer  identification  number and address.  In addition,  if a
shareholder  sends a check  for the  purchase  of fund  shares  and  shares  are
purchased before the check has cleared,  the transmittal of redemption  proceeds
from the shares will occur upon  clearance  of the check which may take up to 15
days. The Trust,  on behalf of a Fund,  and the Portfolios  reserve the right to
suspend  the  right of  redemption  and to  postpone  the date of  payment  upon
redemption as follows:  (i) for up to seven days,  (ii) during  periods when the
New York Stock  Exchange is closed for other than  weekends and holidays or when
trading on such  Exchange  is  restricted  as  determined  by the SEC by rule or
regulation,  (iii) during  periods in which an  emergency,  as determined by the
SEC,  exists that causes  disposal by the Portfolio of, or evaluation of the net
asset value of, its portfolio securities to be unreasonable or impracticable, or
(iv) for such other periods as the SEC may permit.

EXCHANGE OF SHARES

         An investor may exchange  shares from any Fund into shares of any other
J.P.  Morgan  Institutional  or J.P.  Morgan  mutual fund,  without  charge.  An
exchange may be made so long as after the  exchange the investor has shares,  in
each fund in which he or she remains an investor,  with a value of at least that
fund's minimum investment amount. Shareholders should read the prospectus of the
fund into which they are exchanging and may only exchange  between fund accounts
that are  registered  in the same  name,  address  and  taxpayer  identification
number. Shares are exchanged on the basis of relative net asset value per share.
Exchanges are in effect  redemptions from one fund and purchases of another fund
and the usual purchase and redemption procedures and requirements are applicable
to exchanges.  Shareholders subject to federal income tax who exchange shares in
one fund for  shares in  another  fund may  recognize  capital  gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes. Shares of the Fund to be acquired are purchased for
settlement  when the  proceeds  from  redemption  become  available.  The  Trust
reserves the right to discontinue,  alter or limit the exchange privilege at any
time.

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

     Each Fund declares and pays dividends and distributions as described in the
Prospectus.  If a shareholder  has elected to receive  dividends  and/or capital
gain distributions in cash and the postal or other delivery service is unable to
deliver  checks to the  shareholder's  address  of  record,  such  shareholder's
distribution  option will  automatically be converted to having all dividend and
other distributions  reinvested in additional shares. No interest will accrue on
amounts represented by uncashed distribution or redemption checks.

NET ASSET VALUE

         Each of the Funds  computes  its net asset  value  once daily on Monday
through Friday as described in the  Prospectus.  The net asset value will not be
computed on the day the following  legal holidays are observed:  New Year's Day,
Martin  Luther  King,  Jr. Day,  Presidents'  Day,  Good Friday,  Memorial  Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day,  Thanksgiving Day, and
Christmas  Day. In the event that  trading in the money  markets is scheduled to
end earlier than the close of the New York Stock Exchange in observance of these
holidays, the Funds and their corresponding Portfolios would expect to close for
purchases and  redemptions an hour in advance of the end of trading in the money
markets.  The  Funds  and the  Portfolios  may  also  close  for  purchases  and
redemptions at such other times as may be determined by the Board of Trustees to
the extent  permitted  by  applicable  law. On any  business day when the Public
Securities  Association  ("PSA")  recommends  that the  securities  market close
early,  the Funds reserve the right to cease  accepting  purchase and redemption
orders  for  same  business  day  credit  at the time  PSA  recommends  that the
securities market close. On days the Funds close early,  purchase and redemption
orders received after the PSA-recommended closing time will be credited the next
business  day.  The days on which net asset value is  determined  are the Funds'
business days.

         The net asset  value of each  Fund is equal to the value of the  Fund's
investment in its corresponding Portfolio (which is equal to the Fund's pro rata
share of the  total  investment  of the Fund and of any other  investors  in the
Portfolio less the Fund's pro rata share of the  Portfolio's  liabilities)  less
the Fund's liabilities.  The following is a discussion of the procedures used by
the Portfolios corresponding to each Fund in valuing their assets.

         The Portfolios'  portfolio  securities are valued by the amortized cost
method.  The purpose of this method of  calculation  is to attempt to maintain a
constant net asset value per share of the Fund of $1.00.  No  assurances  can be
given that this goal can be  attained.  The  amortized  cost method of valuation
values a security at its cost at the time of purchase and  thereafter  assumes a
constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium,  regardless of the
impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument. If a
difference  of  more  than  1/2 of 1%  occurs  between  valuation  based  on the
amortized  cost method and valuation  based on market  value,  the Trustees will
take  steps  necessary  to reduce  such  deviation,  such as  changing  a Fund's
dividend policy,  shortening the average portfolio maturity,  realizing gains or
losses,  or reducing the number of  outstanding  Fund shares.  Any  reduction of
outstanding  shares will be effected by having each shareholder  contribute to a
Fund's capital the necessary  shares on a pro rata basis.  Each shareholder will
be deemed to have  agreed to such  contribution  in these  circumstances  by his
investment in the Funds. See "Taxes."

PERFORMANCE DATA

     From  time to time,  the Funds  may  quote  performance  in terms of yield,
actual  distributions,  total return or capital  appreciation in reports,  sales
literature  and  advertisements  published  by the  Trust.  Current  performance
information  for the Funds may be obtained by calling the number provided on the
cover  page  of  this  Statement  of  Additional  Information.  See  "Additional
Information" in the Prospectus.  The performance information presented below for
the Prime Money Market Fund is that of the J.P.  Morgan Prime Money Market Fund,
a separate feeder fund investing in the same master  portfolio.  The performance
information  presented  below for the Treasury  Money Market Fund is that of the
J.P. Morgan Institutional  Service Treasury Money Market Fund, a separate feeder
fund investing in the same master portfolio.

         The historical  performance  information shown below reflects operating
expenses which were lower than those of the Funds. These returns are higher than
would  have  occurred  if an  investment  in the Funds had been made  during the
periods indicated.  All performance  information will be presented in accordance
with applicable SEC staff interpretations.  The applicable financial information
in the  registration  statement  for the J.P.  Morgan Funds  (Registration  Nos.
033-54632 and 811-07340) and J.P. Morgan  Institutional Funds (Registration Nos.
033-54642 and 811-07342) is incorporated herein by reference.

         Yield Quotations.  As required by regulations of the SEC, current yield
for the Funds is computed by  determining  the net change  exclusive  of capital
changes in the value of a hypothetical  pre-existing account having a balance of
one share at the  beginning  of a seven-day  calendar  period,  dividing the net
change in account  value of the  account at the  beginning  of the  period,  and
multiplying the return over the seven-day  period by 365/7.  For purposes of the
calculation, net change in account value reflects the value of additional shares
purchased with dividends from the original share and dividends  declared on both
the original share and any such additional shares, but does not reflect realized
gains or losses or unrealized appreciation or depreciation.  Effective yield for
each Fund is computed by  annualizing  the  seven-day  return with all dividends
reinvested in additional Fund shares.

     Below is set forth historical yield  information for the Prime Money Market
Fund's  related  series of the J.P.  Morgan Funds and the Treasury  Money Market
Fund's related series of J.P. Morgan Institutional Service Funds for the periods
indicated:

     Prime Money Market Fund  (11/30/98):  7-day  current  yield:  4.84%;  7-day
effective yield: 4.80%.

     Treasury Money Market Fund (10/31/98):  7-day current yield:  4.70%;  7-day
effective yield: 4.81%.

     Total Return  Quotations.  Below is set forth historical return information
for the Prime Money Market Fund's  related  series of the J.P.  Morgan Funds and
the Treasury  Money Market Fund's related  series of J.P.  Morgan  Institutional
Service Funds for the periods indicated:

     Prime Money Market Fund  (11/30/98):  Average annual total return,  1 year:
5.40%; average annual total return, 5 years: 5.10%; average annual total return,
10 years: 5.56%;  aggregate total return, 1 year: 5.40%; aggregate total return,
5 years: 28.25%; aggregate total return, 10 years: 71.79%.

     Treasury Money Market Fund (10/31/98): Average annual total return, 1 year:
5.27%;  average annual total return, 5 years:  N/A; average annual total return,
commencement of operations (July 7, 1997) to period end: 5.30%;  aggregate total
return, 1 year:  5.27%;  aggregate total return, 5 years:  N/A;  aggregate total
return, commencement of operations (July 7, 1997) to period end: 7.06%.

         General.  A Fund's  performance  will vary from time to time  depending
upon market conditions,  the composition of its corresponding Portfolio, and its
operating expenses.  Consequently, any given performance quotation should not be
considered  representative  of a Fund's  performance for any specified period in
the future. In addition,  because performance will fluctuate, it may not provide
a basis for  comparing an  investment  in a Fund with  certain bank  deposits or
other investments that pay a fixed yield or return for a stated period of time.

         Comparative  performance  information  may be used from time to time in
advertising the Funds' shares,  including  appropriate  market indices including
the benchmarks  indicated under  "Investment  Advisor" above or data from Lipper
Analytical  Services,  Inc., Micropal,  Inc., Ibbotson  Associates,  Morningstar
Inc., the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other industry publications.

         From time to time, the Funds may, in addition to any other  permissible
information,  include the  following  types of  information  in  advertisements,
supplemental  sales literature and reports to  shareholders:  (1) discussions of
general economic or financial principles (such as the effects of compounding and
the benefits of dollar-cost  averaging);  (2)  discussions  of general  economic
trends;  (3)  presentations of statistical data to supplement such  discussions;
(4)  descriptions of past or anticipated  portfolio  holdings for one or more of
the Funds;  (5)  descriptions  of investment  strategies  for one or more of the
Funds;  (6)  descriptions  or  comparisons  of various  savings  and  investment
products  (including,  but  not  limited  to,  qualified  retirement  plans  and
individual  stocks and  bonds),  which may or may not  include  the  Funds;  (7)
comparisons of investment  products  (including the Funds) with relevant markets
or industry  indices or other  appropriate  benchmarks;  (8) discussions of Fund
rankings or ratings by recognized rating  organizations;  and (9) discussions of
various  statistical  methods  quantifying the Fund's volatility relative to its
benchmark or to past performance,  including risk adjusted  measures.  The Funds
may also include calculations,  such as hypothetical compounding examples, which
describe   hypothetical   investment  results  in  such   communications.   Such
performance  examples will be based on an express set of assumptions and are not
indicative of the performance of any of the Funds.

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

     The Advisor places orders for all Portfolios for all purchases and sales of
portfolio  securities,  enters into  repurchase  agreements,  and may enter into
reverse  repurchase  agreements  and execute  loans of portfolio  securities  on
behalf of all the Portfolios. See "Investment Objectives and Policies."

         Fixed income and debt  securities  are generally  traded at a net price
with  dealers  acting  as  principal  for their  own  accounts  without a stated
commission. The price of the security usually includes profit to the dealers. In
underwritten offerings, securities are purchased at a fixed price which includes
an amount of  compensation  to the  underwriter,  generally  referred  to as the
underwriter's  concession or discount.  On occasion,  certain  securities may be
purchased directly from an issuer, in which case no commissions or discounts are
paid.

     Portfolio transactions for the Portfolios will be undertaken principally to
accomplish  a  Portfolio's  objective  in relation to expected  movements in the
general level of interest rates. The Portfolios may engage in short-term trading
consistent with their  objectives.  See  "Investment  Objectives and Policies --
Portfolio Turnover."

         In connection  with  portfolio  transactions  for the  Portfolios,  the
Advisor intends to seek best execution on a competitive basis for both purchases
and sales of securities.

         The  Portfolios  have a policy of  investing  only in  securities  with
maturities of not more than thirteen months, which will result in high portfolio
turnovers.  Since  brokerage  commissions  are not normally paid on  investments
which the Portfolios make,  turnover  resulting from such investments should not
adversely affect the net asset value or net income of the Portfolios.

         Subject to the  overriding  objective  of obtaining  best  execution of
orders,  the  Advisor  may  allocate  a  portion  of  a  Portfolio's   brokerage
transactions  to  affiliates  of the  Advisor.  In order for  affiliates  of the
Advisor to effect any portfolio  transactions for a Portfolio,  the commissions,
fees or other  remuneration  received by such  affiliates must be reasonable and
fair  compared to the  commissions,  fees, or other  remuneration  paid to other
brokers in connection with comparable  transactions involving similar securities
being purchased or sold on a securities  exchange during a comparable  period of
time. Furthermore,  the Trustees of each Portfolio,  including a majority of the
Trustees who are not  "interested  persons," have adopted  procedures  which are
reasonably designed to provide that any commissions, fees, or other remuneration
paid to such affiliates are consistent with the foregoing standard.

         Portfolio  securities  will not be purchased from or through or sold to
or through the  Co-Administrator,  the  Distributor  or the Advisor or any other
"affiliated  person"  (as  defined  in the  1940  Act) of the  Co-Administrator,
Distributor  or Advisor when such entities are acting as  principals,  except to
the extent  permitted  by law. In  addition,  the  Portfolios  will not purchase
securities  during the existence of any  underwriting  group relating thereto of
which the  Advisor or an  affiliate  of the  Advisor is a member,  except to the
extent permitted by law.

         On those  occasions  when the Advisor  deems the  purchase or sale of a
security to be in the best  interests of a Portfolio as well as other  customers
including other  Portfolios,  the Advisor to the extent  permitted by applicable
laws and regulations,  may, but is not obligated to, aggregate the securities to
be sold or  purchased  for a Portfolio  with those to be sold or  purchased  for
other  customers in order to obtain best  execution,  including  lower brokerage
commissions  if  appropriate.  In such event,  allocation  of the  securities so
purchased or sold as well as any expenses  incurred in the  transaction  will be
made  by the  Advisor  in the  manner  it  considers  to be most  equitable  and
consistent  with its fiduciary  obligations to a Portfolio.  In some  instances,
this procedure might adversely affect a Portfolio.

MASSACHUSETTS TRUST

         The  Trust  is  a  trust  fund  of  the  type   commonly   known  as  a
"Massachusetts  business  trust" of which each Fund is a separate  and  distinct
series.  A copy of the  Declaration  of  Trust  for the  Trust is on file in the
office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Declaration of
Trust and the  By-Laws of the Trust are  designed  to make the Trust  similar in
most respects to a Massachusetts business corporation. The principal distinction
between the two forms concerns shareholder liability described below.

     Effective  January 1, 1998, the name of the Trust was changed from "The JPM
Institutional Funds" to "J.P. Morgan Institutional Funds."

         Under  Massachusetts  law,  shareholders  of  such a trust  may,  under
certain circumstances, be held personally liable as partners for the obligations
of the  trust  which is not the case for a  corporation.  However,  the  Trust's
Declaration of Trust provides that the shareholders  shall not be subject to any
personal  liability  for the acts or  obligations  of any  Fund  and that  every
written agreement,  obligation,  instrument or undertaking made on behalf of any
Fund shall  contain a  provision  to the effect  that the  shareholders  are not
personally liable thereunder.

         No  personal  liability  will  attach  to the  shareholders  under  any
undertaking  containing such provision when adequate notice of such provision is
given,  except  possibly in a few  jurisdictions.  With  respect to all types of
claims in the latter jurisdictions,  (i) tort claims, (ii) contract claims where
the  provision  referred to is omitted  from the  undertaking,  (iii) claims for
taxes,  and  (iv)  certain  statutory  liabilities  in  other  jurisdictions,  a
shareholder  may be held  personally  liable to the extent  that  claims are not
satisfied by a Fund.  However,  upon payment of such liability,  the shareholder
will be  entitled  to  reimbursement  from the  general  assets  of a Fund.  The
Trustees  intend to conduct the  operations  of the Trust in such a way so as to
avoid,  as  far  as  possible,   ultimate  liability  of  the  shareholders  for
liabilities of the Funds.

         The Trust's  Declaration of Trust further provides that the name of the
Trust refers to the Trustees  collectively  as Trustees,  not as  individuals or
personally, that no Trustee, officer, employee or agent of a Fund is liable to a
Fund or to a shareholder,  and that no Trustee,  officer,  employee, or agent is
liable to any third persons in connection with the affairs of a Fund,  except as
such  liability  may arise from his or its own bad faith,  willful  misfeasance,
gross  negligence  or  reckless  disregard  of his or its  duties to such  third
persons.  It also  provides  that all third  persons  shall look  solely to Fund
property for  satisfaction of claims arising in connection with the affairs of a
Fund. With the exceptions stated, the Trust's Declaration of Trust provides that
a Trustee, officer, employee, or agent is entitled to be indemnified against all
liability in connection with the affairs of a Fund.

         The Trust shall  continue  without  limitation  of time  subject to the
provisions in the Declaration of Trust  concerning  termination by action of the
shareholders or by action of the Trustees upon notice to the shareholders.

DESCRIPTION OF SHARES

     The Trust is an  open-end  management  investment  company  organized  as a
Massachusetts  business trust in which each Fund represents a separate series of
shares of beneficial interest. See "Massachusetts Trust."

         The  Declaration  of Trust  permits the  Trustees to issue an unlimited
number of full and  fractional  shares  ($0.001 par value) of one or more series
and  classes  within  any  series  and to divide or  combine  the shares (of any
series, if applicable) without changing the proportionate beneficial interest of
each  shareholder in a Fund (or in the assets of other series,  if  applicable).
Each share represents an equal  proportional  interest in a Fund with each other
share. Upon liquidation of a Fund, holders are entitled to share pro rata in the
net  assets of a Fund  available  for  distribution  to such  shareholders.  See
"Massachusetts  Trust." Shares of a Fund have no preemptive or conversion rights
and are fully paid and nonassessable.  The rights of redemption and exchange are
described  in the  Prospectus  and  elsewhere in this  Statement  of  Additional
Information.

         The  shareholders of the Trust are entitled to one vote for each dollar
of  net  asset  value  (or a  proportionate  fractional  vote  in  respect  of a
fractional  dollar  amount),  on  matters  on which  shares of the Fund shall be
entitled to vote.  Subject to the 1940 Act,  the  Trustees  themselves  have the
power to alter the number and the terms of office of the  Trustees,  to lengthen
their own terms, or to make their terms of unlimited duration subject to certain
removal procedures,  and appoint their own successors,  provided,  however, that
immediately  after such appointment the requisite  majority of the Trustees have
been elected by the shareholders of the Trust. The voting rights of shareholders
are not cumulative so that holders of more than 50% of the shares voting can, if
they choose,  elect all Trustees being selected  while the  shareholders  of the
remaining  shares would be unable to elect any Trustees.  It is the intention of
the Trust not to hold meetings of shareholders  annually.  The Trustees may call
meetings of  shareholders  for action by shareholder  vote as may be required by
either the 1940 Act or the Trust's Declaration of Trust.

         Shareholders  of the Trust  have the  right,  upon the  declaration  in
writing or vote of more than two-thirds of its outstanding  shares,  to remove a
Trustee.  The Trustees will call a meeting of shareholders to vote on removal of
a Trustee upon the written  request of the record  holders of 10% of the Trust's
shares.  In addition,  whenever ten or more shareholders of record who have been
such for at least six months preceding the date of application,  and who hold in
the  aggregate  either shares having a net asset value of at least $25,000 or at
least 1% of the Trust's  outstanding  shares,  whichever is less, shall apply to
the  Trustees  in  writing,  stating  that they wish to  communicate  with other
shareholders  with a view to obtaining  signatures  to request a meeting for the
purpose of voting upon the  question  of removal of any Trustee or Trustees  and
accompanied by a form of communication  and request which they wish to transmit,
the Trustees  shall within five business days after receipt of such  application
either:  (1)  afford  to  such  applicants  access  to a list of the  names  and
addresses  of all  shareholders  as recorded  on the books of the Trust;  or (2)
inform such applicants as to the  approximate  number of shareholders of record,
and the approximate cost of mailing to them the proposed  communication and form
of request.  If the Trustees  elect to follow the latter  course,  the Trustees,
upon the  written  request of such  applicants,  accompanied  by a tender of the
material to be mailed and of the  reasonable  expenses of mailing,  shall,  with
reasonable promptness, mail such material to all shareholders of record at their
addresses as recorded on the books,  unless within five business days after such
tender  the  Trustees  shall  mail to such  applicants  and  file  with the SEC,
together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement signed by
at least a majority of the Trustees to the effect that in their  opinion  either
such  material  contains  untrue  statements  of fact or omits  to  state  facts
necessary to make the statements  contained therein not misleading,  or would be
in violation of applicable law, and specifying the basis of such opinion.  After
opportunity for hearing upon the objections  specified in the written statements
filed, the SEC may, and if demanded by the Trustees or by such applicants shall,
enter an order either  sustaining one or more of such  objections or refusing to
sustain any of them. If the SEC shall enter an order  refusing to sustain any of
such  objections,  or if, after the entry of an order  sustaining one or more of
such  objections,  the SEC shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing,
that all  objections  so  sustained  have been met,  and shall enter an order so
declaring,  the Trustees shall mail copies of such material to all  shareholders
with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such
tender.

         The  Trustees  have  authorized  the issuance and sale to the public of
shares of 24 series of the Trust.  The  Trustees  have no current  intention  to
create any  classes  within the initial  series or any  subsequent  series.  The
Trustees may, however, authorize the issuance of shares of additional series and
the  creation  of classes of shares  within  any series  with such  preferences,
privileges,  limitations  and voting and  dividend  rights as the  Trustees  may
determine.  The  proceeds  from the issuance of any  additional  series would be
invested in separate,  independently managed portfolios with distinct investment
objectives,  policies and restrictions,  and share purchase,  redemption and net
asset valuation procedures.  Any additional classes would be used to distinguish
among the rights of different  categories of shareholders,  as might be required
by future  regulations  or other  unforeseen  circumstances.  All  consideration
received  by the Trust for  shares of any  additional  series or class,  and all
assets in which such  consideration is invested,  would belong to that series or
class, subject only to the rights of creditors of the Trust and would be subject
to the liabilities  related  thereto.  Shareholders of any additional  series or
class will approve the adoption of any management  contract or distribution plan
relating to such series or class and of any changes in the  investment  policies
related thereto, to the extent required by the 1940 Act.

         For  information  relating to  mandatory  redemption  of Fund shares or
their redemption at the option of the Trust under certain circumstances, see the
Prospectus.

SPECIAL INFORMATION CONCERNING INVESTMENT STRUCTURE

         Unlike other mutual funds which  directly  acquire and manage their own
portfolio of securities,  each Fund is an open-end management investment company
which  seeks  to  achieve  its  investment  objective  by  investing  all of its
investable  assets in a corresponding  Master Portfolio,  a separate  registered
investment company with the same investment  objective and policies as the Fund.
Generally,  when a  Master  Portfolio  seeks  a vote  to  change  a  fundamental
investment  restriction,  its feeder fund(s) will hold a shareholder meeting and
cast  its  vote  proportionately,   as  instructed  by  its  shareholders.  Fund
shareholders  are  entitled to one vote for each dollar of net asset value (or a
proportionate  fractional  vote in respect of a fractional  dollar  amount),  on
matters on which shares of the Fund shall be entitled to vote.

         In addition to selling a beneficial interest to a Fund, a Portfolio may
sell beneficial interests to other mutual funds or institutional investors. Such
investors will invest in the Portfolio on the same terms and conditions and will
bear a  proportionate  share of the  Portfolio's  expenses.  However,  the other
investors  investing in the  Portfolio may sell shares of their own fund using a
different pricing structure than the Fund. Such different pricing structures may
result in  differences  in returns  experienced by investors in other funds that
invest in the  Portfolio.  Such  differences in returns are not uncommon and are
present in other mutual fund structures. Information concerning other holders of
interests in the Portfolio is available from Morgan at (800) 521-5411.

         The Trust may withdraw the investment of a Fund from a Portfolio at any
time if the Board of  Trustees  of the Trust  determines  that it is in the best
interests of the Fund to do so. Upon any such withdrawal,  the Board of Trustees
would  consider what action might be taken,  including the investment of all the
assets  of the  Fund  in  another  pooled  investment  entity  having  the  same
investment objective and restrictions in accordance with the investment policies
with respect to the Portfolio described above and in each Fund's Prospectus.

         Certain  changes in a Portfolio's  fundamental  investment  policies or
restrictions,  or a failure by a Fund's  shareholders  to approve such change in
the Portfolio's  investment  restrictions,  may require withdrawal of the Fund's
interest in the Portfolio. Any such withdrawal could result in a distribution in
kind of  portfolio  securities  (as  opposed  to a cash  distribution)  from the
Portfolio which may or may not be readily  marketable.  The distribution in kind
may result in the Fund having a less  diversified  portfolio of  investments  or
adversely affect the Fund's liquidity,  and the Fund could incur brokerage,  tax
or other  charges in converting  the  securities  to cash.  Notwithstanding  the
above, there are other means for meeting shareholder  redemption requests,  such
as borrowing.

         Smaller funds  investing in a Portfolio  may be materially  affected by
the actions of larger funds investing in the Portfolio.  For example, if a large
fund  withdraws  from  the  Portfolio,  the  remaining  funds  may  subsequently
experience higher pro rata operating expenses, thereby producing lower returns.

         Additionally,  because a Portfolio would become smaller,  it may become
less diversified,  resulting in potentially  increased  portfolio risk (however,
these  possibilities  also exist for  traditionally  structured funds which have
large or institutional investors who may withdraw from a fund). Also, funds with
a greater  pro rata  ownership  in the  Portfolio  could have  effective  voting
control of the  operations of the  Portfolio.  Whenever the Fund is requested to
vote on matters  pertaining to the  Portfolio  (other than a vote by the Fund to
continue the operation of the Portfolio upon the withdrawal of another  investor
in the Portfolio), the Trust will hold a meeting of shareholders of the Fund and
will  cast  all  of its  votes  proportionately  as  instructed  by  the  Fund's
shareholders.  The Trust will vote the shares held by Fund  shareholders  who do
not give  voting  instructions  in the same  proportion  as the  shares  of Fund
shareholders  who do give voting  instructions.  Shareholders of the Fund who do
not vote will have no effect on the outcome of such matters.

TAXES

         The following  discussion of tax  consequences is based on U.S. federal
tax laws in effect on the date of this  Prospectus.  These laws and  regulations
are subject to change by legislative or administrative action.

         Each Fund  intends  to  qualify  and remain  qualified  as a  regulated
investment  company under  Subchapter M of the Code.  As a regulated  investment
company,  a Fund must, among other things,  (a) derive at least 90% of its gross
income from  dividends,  interest,  payments  with respect to loans of stock and
securities,  gains from the sale or other  disposition  of stock,  securities or
foreign  currency  and other  income  (including  but not  limited to gains from
options, futures, and forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of
investing in such stock,  securities or foreign currency;  and (b) diversify its
holdings so that, at the end of each fiscal  quarter of its taxable year, (i) at
least 50% of the value of the Fund's total assets is represented  by cash,  cash
items, U.S.  Government  securities,  investments of other regulated  investment
companies,  and other securities  limited,  in respect of any one issuer,  to an
amount  not  greater  than  5% of  the  Fund's  total  assets,  and  10%  of the
outstanding  voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the
value of its total assets is invested in the securities of any one issuer (other
than U.S.  Government  securities or securities  of other  regulated  investment
companies).  As a  regulated  investment  company,  a Fund  (as  opposed  to its
shareholders)  will not be subject to federal income taxes on the net investment
income and capital gain that it distributes to its  shareholders,  provided that
at least 90% of its net investment  income and realized net  short-term  capital
gain in excess of net long-term capital loss for the taxable year is distributed
in accordance with the Code's timing requirements.

         Under the Code,  a Fund will be subject to a 4% excise tax on a portion
of its  undistributed  taxable  income  and  capital  gains  if it fails to meet
certain  distribution  requirements  by the end of the calendar year.  Each Fund
intends to make distributions in a timely manner and accordingly does not expect
to be subject to the excise tax.

         For federal income tax purposes,  dividends that are declared by a Fund
in October,  November or December as of a record date in such month and actually
paid in  January of the  following  year will be treated as if they were paid on
December 31 of the year declared.  Therefore,  such dividends generally, will be
taxable to a shareholder in the year declared rather than the year paid.

         Distributions  of net  investment  income and realized  net  short-term
capital  gains in  excess of net  long-term  capital  loss  (other  than  exempt
interest  dividends)  are  generally  taxable  to  shareholders  of the Funds as
ordinary  income whether such  distributions  are taken in cash or reinvested in
additional shares.  Distributions to corporate shareholders of the Funds are not
eligible for the dividends  received  deduction.  Distributions of net long-term
capital  gains (i.e.,  net long-term  capital gains in excess of net  short-term
capital loss) are taxable to shareholders  of a Fund as long-term  capital gain,
regardless  of whether such  distributions  are taken in cash or  reinvested  in
additional  shares and  regardless of how long a shareholder  has held shares in
the Fund. In general,  long-term capital gain of an individual  shareholder will
be subject to a 20% rate of tax.

         To maintain a constant $1.00 per share net asset value, the Trustees of
the Trust may direct that the number of outstanding  shares be reduced pro rata.
If this  adjustment is made, it will reflect the lower market value of portfolio
securities and not realized  losses.  The adjustment may result in a shareholder
having more  dividend  income than net income in his account for a period.  When
the number of outstanding shares of a Fund is reduced,  the shareholder's  basis
in the shares of the Fund may be  adjusted  to reflect  the  difference  between
taxable income and net dividends  actually  distributed.  This difference may be
realized as a capital  loss when the shares are  liquidated.  Subject to certain
limited exceptions, capital losses cannot be used to offset ordinary income. See
"Net Asset Value."

         Gains or losses on sales of  portfolio  securities  will be  treated as
long-term capital gains or losses if the securities have been held for more than
one year except in certain  cases  where,  if  applicable a put is acquired or a
call option is written thereon or straddle rules are otherwise applicable. Other
gains or losses on the sale of securities  will be  short-term  capital gains or
losses.  Gains and losses on the sale, lapse or other  termination of options on
securities  will be treated as gains and losses from the sale of securities.  If
an option  written  by a  Portfolio  lapses or is  terminated  through a closing
transaction,  such as a  repurchase  by the  Portfolio  of the  option  from its
holder, the Portfolio will realize a short-term capital gain or loss,  depending
on whether  the  premium  income is greater or less than the amount  paid by the
Portfolio in the closing transaction. If securities are purchased by a Portfolio
pursuant  to the  exercise  of a put option  written by it, the  Portfolio  will
subtract the premium received from its cost basis in the securities purchased.

         Any  distribution  of net investment  income or capital gains will have
the effect of reducing the net asset value of Fund shares held by a  shareholder
by the same amount as the distribution.  If the net asset value of the shares is
reduced  below a  shareholder's  cost as a result  of such a  distribution,  the
distribution, although constituting a return of capital to the shareholder, will
be taxable as described above.

         Any gain or loss realized on the  redemption or exchange of Fund shares
by a shareholder  who is not a dealer in securities will be treated as long-term
capital  gain or loss if the shares  have been held for more than one year,  and
otherwise  as  short-term  capital  gain or loss.  Long-term  capital gain of an
individual  holder is  subject  to maximum  tax rate of 20%.  However,  any loss
realized by a shareholder  upon the redemption or exchange of shares in the Fund
held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term  capital  loss to the
extent of any long-term capital gain  distributions  received by the shareholder
with respect to such shares.  Investors  are urged to consult their tax advisors
concerning the limitations on the deductibility of capital losses. Additionally,
any loss  realized  on a  redemption  or  exchange  of  shares of a Fund will be
disallowed to the extent the shares  disposed of are replaced within a period of
61  days  beginning  30 days  before  such  disposition,  such  as  pursuant  to
reinvestment of a dividend in shares of the Fund.

         If a correct and  certified  taxpayer  identification  number is not on
file,  the Fund is required,  subject to certain  exemptions,  to withold 31% of
certain payments made or distributions declared to non-corporate shareholders.

         Foreign   Shareholders.   Dividends  of  net   investment   income  and
distributions of realized net short-term gain in excess of net long-term loss to
a shareholder who, as to the United States,  is a nonresident  alien individual,
fiduciary  of  a  foreign  trust  or  estate,  foreign  corporation  or  foreign
partnership (a "foreign shareholder") will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at
the rate of 30% (or lower  treaty  rate) unless the  dividends  are  effectively
connected  with a U.S. trade or business of the  shareholder,  in which case the
dividends  will be subject to tax on a net income basis at the  graduated  rates
applicable to U.S. individuals or domestic  corporations.  Distributions treated
as long term capital gains to foreign  shareholders  will not be subject to U.S.
tax unless the  distributions  are effectively  connected with the shareholder's
trade or business in the United States or, in the case of a shareholder who is a
nonresident alien  individual,  the shareholder was present in the United States
for more than 182 days during the taxable year and certain other  conditions are
met.

         In  the  case  of a  foreign  shareholder  who is a  nonresident  alien
individual or foreign  entity,  a Fund may be required to withhold U.S.  federal
income tax as "backup withholding" at the rate of 31% from distributions treated
as long-term  capital gains and from the proceeds of  redemptions,  exchanges or
other dispositions of Fund shares unless IRS Form W-8 is provided.  Transfers by
gift of shares of a Fund by a foreign  shareholder  who is a  nonresident  alien
individual will not be subject to U.S. federal gift tax, but the value of shares
of the Fund held by such a shareholder at his or her death will be includible in
his or her gross estate for U.S. federal estate tax purposes.

         State and Local Taxes. Each Fund may be subject to state or local taxes
in jurisdictions in which the Fund is deemed to be doing business.  In addition,
the treatment of a Fund and its  shareholders  in those states which have income
tax laws  might  differ  from  treatment  under  the  federal  income  tax laws.
Shareholders  should consult their own tax advisors with respect to any state or
local taxes.

         Other  Taxation.  The Trust is  organized as a  Massachusetts  business
trust and,  under current law,  neither the Trust nor any Fund is liable for any
income or franchise tax in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provided that each
Fund continues to qualify as a regulated  investment  company under Subchapter M
of the Code. The Portfolios are organized as New York trusts. The Portfolios are
not subject to any federal  income  taxation or income or  franchise  tax in the
State of New York or The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The investment by a Fund
in its  corresponding  Portfolio  does not cause  the Fund to be liable  for any
income or franchise tax in the State of New York.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

         As used in this Statement of Additional Information and the Prospectus,
the term "majority of the outstanding  voting  securities" means the vote of (i)
67%  or  more  of  the  Fund's  shares  or the  Portfolio's  outstanding  voting
securities  present at a meeting,  if the holders of more than 50% of the Fund's
outstanding shares or the Portfolio's  outstanding voting securities are present
or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund's  outstanding shares
or the Portfolio's outstanding voting securities, whichever is less.

         Telephone calls to the Funds,  J.P. Morgan or Service  Organizations as
shareholder servicing agent may be tape recorded. With respect to the securities
offered hereby,  this Statement of Additional  Information and the Prospectus do
not contain all the information included in the Trust's  registration  statement
filed  with the SEC  under  the  1933  Act and the 1940 Act and the  Portfolios'
registration  statements  filed  under the 1940 Act.  Pursuant  to the rules and
regulations of the SEC,  certain  portions have been omitted.  The  registration
statements  including the exhibits filed therewith may be examined at the office
of the SEC in Washington, D.C.

         Statements  contained in this Statement of Additional  Information  and
the Prospectus concerning the contents of any contract or other document are not
necessarily  complete,  and in each  instance,  reference is made to the copy of
such  contract  or  other  document  filed  as  an  exhibit  to  the  applicable
Registration  Statements.  Each such  statement  is qualified in all respects by
such reference.

         No dealer, salesman or any other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any  representations,  other than those  contained in the
Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information,  in connection with the
offer  contained  therein  and,  if given or made,  such  other  information  or
representations  must not be relied upon as having been authorized by any of the
Trust,  the Funds or the  Distributor.  The  Prospectus  and this  Statement  of
Additional  Information  do  not  constitute  an  offer  by any  Fund  or by the
Distributor  to sell or solicit any offer to buy any of the  securities  offered
hereby in any  jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful for the Fund or
the Distributor to make such offer in such jurisdictions.



The Year 2000 Initiative

         With  the  new  millennium  rapidly   approaching,   organizations  are
examining  their computer  systems to ensure they are year 2000  compliant.  The
issue,  in simple  terms,  is that many existing  computer  systems use only two
numbers to identify a year in the date field with the assumption  that the first
two digits are always 19. As the  century is implied in the date,  on January 1,
2000,  computers  that are not year 2000 compliant will assume the year is 1900.
Systems that  calculate,  compare,  or sort using the incorrect  date will cause
erroneous results,  ranging from system  malfunctions to incorrect or incomplete
transaction  processing.  If not  remedied,  potential  risks  include  business
interruption  or  shutdown,   financial  loss,  reputation  loss,  and/or  legal
liability.

         J.P.  Morgan has  undertaken a firmwide  initiative to address the year
2000 issue and has developed a  comprehensive  plan to prepare,  as appropriate,
its  computer  systems.   Each  business  line  has  taken   responsibility  for
identifying  and fixing the  problem  within its own area of  operation  and for
addressing  all  interdependencies.  A  multidisciplinary  team of internal  and
external experts supports the business teams by providing direction and firmwide
coordination.  Working together,  the business and multidisciplinary  teams have
completed a thorough  education and awareness  initiative and a global inventory
and  assessment  of  J.P.  Morgan's  technology  and  application  portfolio  to
understand  the  scope of the year  2000  impact  at J.P.  Morgan.  J.P.  Morgan
presently is  renovating  and testing these  technologies  and  applications  in
partnership with external consulting and software development organizations,  as
well as with year 2000 tool providers.  J.P. Morgan has substantially  completed
renovation,  testing,  and  validation  of its key systems and is  preparing  to
participate  in  industry-wide  testing (or  streetwide  testing) in 1999.  J.P.
Morgan  is  also  working  with  key  external   parties,   including   clients,
counterparties,  vendors, exchanges, depositories,  utilities, suppliers, agents
and regulatory agencies, to stem the potential risks the year 2000 problem poses
to J.P.  Morgan and to the global  financial  community.  For potential  failure
scenarios  where  the  risks  are  deemed  significant  and  where  such risk is
considered to have a higher probability of occurrence,  J.P. Morgan will attempt
to develop business  recovery/contingency  plans.  These plans,  which are being
developed in the first half of 1999, will define the infrastructure  that should
be put in place for managing a failure during the millennium event itself.

         Costs associated with efforts to prepare J.P.  Morgan's systems for the
year 2000  approximated  $95 million in 1997 and $112 million for the first nine
months of 1998. In 1999,  J.P.  Morgan is continuing  its efforts to prepare its
systems  for the year 2000.  The total  cost to become  year-2000  compliant  is
estimated at $300 million (for firmwide  systems  upgrade,  not just for systems
relating to mutual funds), for internal systems renovation and testing,  testing
equipment,  and both internal and external resources working on the project. The
costs associated with J.P. Morgan becoming year-2000  compliant will be borne by
J.P. Morgan and not the Funds.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

         The  following   financial   statements   and  the  report  thereon  of
PricewaterhouseCoopers   LLP  of  each  Portfolio  are  incorporated  herein  by
reference from their respective annual report filings made with the SEC pursuant
to  Section  30(b)  of the  1940  Act and  Rule  30b2-1  thereunder.  Any of the
following financial reports are available without charge upon request by calling
JP Morgan Funds Services at (800) 766-7722.

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                                   Date of Annual Report; Date
Name of Portfolio                  Annual Report Filed; and Accession Number
- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------

Prime Money Market Portfolio       11/30/98
                                   2/1/99
                                   0001047469-99-002875
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Treasury Money Market Portfolio    10/31/98
                                   12/31/98
                                   0001047469-98-045636
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APPENDIX A

Description of Security Ratings

STANDARD & POOR'S

Corporate and Municipal Bonds

     AAA - Debt rated AAA have the highest ratings assigned by Standard & Poor's
to a debt obligation.  Capacity to pay interest and repay principal is extremely
strong.

     AA - Debt rated AA have a very strong  capacity to pay  interest  and repay
principal and differ from the highest rated issues only in a small degree.

     A - Debt rated A have a strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal
although they are somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in
circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher rated categories.

     BBB - Debt rated BBB are  regarded  as having an  adequate  capacity to pay
interest and repay principal.  Whereas they normally exhibit adequate protection
parameters,  adverse  economic  conditions  or changing  circumstances  are more
likely to lead to a weakened  capacity to pay interest and repay  principal  for
debt in this category than for debt in higher rated categories.

Commercial Paper, including Tax Exempt

     A - Issues assigned this highest rating are regarded as having the greatest
capacity for timely  payment.  Issues in this category are further  refined with
the designations 1, 2, and 3 to indicate the relative degree of safety.

     A-1 - This designation indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely
payment is very strong.

Short-Term Tax-Exempt Notes

SP-1  - The  short-term  tax-exempt  note rating of SP-1 is the  highest  rating
      assigned by Standard & Poor's and has a very strong or strong  capacity to
      pay   principal  and   interest.   Those  issues   determined  to  possess
      overwhelming safety characteristics are given a "plus" (+) designation.

     SP-2 - The  short-term  tax-exempt  note rating of SP-2 has a  satisfactory
capacity to pay principal and interest.



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MOODY'S

Corporate and Municipal Bonds

     Aaa - Bonds which are rated Aaa are judged to be of the best quality.  They
carry the smallest  degree of investment  risk and are generally  referred to as
"gilt edge." Interest  payments are protected by a large or by an  exceptionally
stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are
likely to change,  such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair
the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

     Aa - Bonds  which are  rated Aa are  judged  to be of high  quality  by all
standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as
high grade bonds.  They are rated lower than the best bonds  because  margins of
protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective
elements  may be of greater  amplitude  or there may be other  elements  present
which make the long term risks appear somewhat larger than in Aaa securities.

     A - Bonds which are rated A possess many  favorable  investment  attributes
and are to be  considered  as upper medium  grade  obligations.  Factors  giving
security to principal and interest are  considered  adequate but elements may be
present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

     Baa - Bonds which are rated Baa are considered as medium grade obligations,
i.e., they are neither highly  protected nor poorly secured.  Interest  payments
and principal  security appear  adequate for the present but certain  protective
elements may be lacking or may be  characteristically  unreliable over any great
length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding  investment  characteristics  and in
fact have speculative characteristics as well.

Commercial Paper, including Tax Exempt

Prime-1    - Issuers rated Prime-1 (or related  supporting  institutions) have a
           superior capacity for repayment of short-term promissory obligations.
           Prime-1  repayment   capacity  will  normally  be  evidenced  by  the
           following characteristics:

     - Leading market positions in well established industries.  - High rates of
return on funds employed. - Conservative capitalization structures with moderate
reliance  on debt and  ample  asset  protection.  - Broad  margins  in  earnings
coverage of fixed financial  charges and high internal cash  generation.  - Well
established  access to a range of  financial  markets  and  assured  sources  of
alternate liquidity.



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Short-Term Tax Exempt Notes

MIG-1          - The  short-term  tax-exempt  note  rating  MIG-1 is the highest
               rating  assigned  by  Moody's  for  notes  judged  to be the best
               quality.  Notes with this rating  enjoy  strong  protection  from
               established  cash  flows of funds  for  their  servicing  or from
               established and broad-based access to the market for refinancing,
               or both.

     MIG-2 -  MIG-2  rated  notes  are of  high  quality  but  with  margins  of
protection not as large as MIG-1.

     -------- 1Mr. Healey is an "interested person" (as defined in the 1940 Act)
of the Trust. Mr. Healey is also an "interested  person" (as defined in the 1940
Act) of the Advisor due to his son's  affiliation  with J.P.  Morgan  Investment
Management Inc.



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