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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 1999


                               FILE NO. 811-07898

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-1A

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      UNDER

                       THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940


                                 AMENDMENT NO. 9

               THE PRIME MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
      (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

        P.O. Box 2508 GT 2494, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
           (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

         Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (345) 949-6644

      Christopher J. Kelley, c/o Funds Distributor, Inc.
   60 State Street, Suite 1300, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
            (Name and Address of Agent for Service)


                                    Copy to:John E. Baumgardner, Esq.
                                                     Sullivan & Cromwell
                                                     125 Broad Street
                                                     New York, NY  10004


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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE


         This Registration  Statement has been filed by the Registrant  pursuant
to Section  8(b) of the  Investment  Company Act of 1940,  as amended.  However,
beneficial  interests  in the  Registrant  are not  being  registered  under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), because such interests will
be issued  solely in private  placement  transactions  that do not  involve  any
"public  offering"  within  the  meaning  of  Section  4(2)  of  the  1933  Act.
Investments in the Registrant  may only be made by other  investment  companies,
insurance company separate accounts, common or commingled trust funds or similar
organizations or entities that are "accredited  investors" within the meaning of
Regulation D under the 1933 Act. This Registration Statement does not constitute
an offer to  sell,  or the  solicitation  of an  offer  to buy,  any  beneficial
interests in the Registrant.

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                                     PART A

         Responses  to Items 1 through 3 and 5A have been  omitted  pursuant  to
paragraph 4 of Instruction F of the General Instructions to Form N-1A.

ITEM 4.  GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT.

         The Prime Money Market  Portfolio (the  "Portfolio")  is a diversified,
open-end management  investment company which was organized as a trust under the
laws of the State of New York on January 29, 1993.  Beneficial  interests in the
Portfolio  are  issued  solely in  private  placement  transactions  that do not
involve  any  "public  offering"  within  the  meaning  of  Section  4(2) of the
Securities  Act of  1933,  as  amended  (the  "1933  Act").  Investments  in the
Portfolio  may only be made by other  investment  companies,  insurance  company
separate accounts,  common or commingled trust funds or similar organizations or
entities  that are  "accredited  investors"  within the meaning of  Regulation D
under the 1933 Act. This Registration  Statement does not constitute an offer to
sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any "security"  within the meaning
of the 1933 Act.

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

         Investments  in the  Portfolio are not deposits or  obligations  of, or
guaranteed or endorsed by, Morgan  Guaranty Trust Company of New York ("Morgan")
or any other bank.  Interests in the Portfolio are not federally  insured by the
Federal Deposit  Insurance  Corporation,  the Federal Reserve Board or any other
governmental  agency.  An investment in the Portfolio is subject to risk, as the
net asset value of the Portfolio will fluctuate with changes in the value of the
Portfolio's holdings. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of
the Portfolio will be achieved.

         Part  B  contains  more  detailed   information  about  the  Portfolio,
including information related to (i) the investment policies and restrictions of
the Portfolio,  (ii) the Trustees,  officers,  Advisor and administrators of the
Portfolio,  (iii)  portfolio  transactions,   (iv)  rights  and  liabilities  of
investors and (v) the audited financial  statements of the Portfolio at November
30, 1997.

         The investment objective of the Portfolio is described below,  together
with the  policies  employed to attempt to achieve  this  objective.  Additional
information  about the investment  policies of the Portfolio  appears in Part B,
under Item 13.

         The Portfolio's  investment objective,  which is nonfundamental and can
be changed  without the  approval of interest  holders,  is to maximize  current
income  consistent with the preservation of capital and same day liquidity.  The
Portfolio 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 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 the following high quality U.S. dollar-denominated securities which
have effective  maturities of not more than thirteen months. The market value of
obligations  in which the Portfolio  invests is not  guaranteed and may rise and
fall in  response  to changes in  interest  rates.  The  Portfolio's  ability to
achieve  maximum  current  income  is  affected  by its high  quality  standards
(discussed below).

         UNITED  STATES  GOVERNMENT  OBLIGATIONS.  The  Portfolio  may invest in
obligations  issued or guaranteed by the U.S.  Government and backed by the full
faith  and  credit of the  United  States.  These  securities  include  Treasury
securities,  obligations of the Government  National Mortgage  Association,  the
Farmers Home  Administration  and the Export Import Bank. The Portfolio may also
invest in  obligations  issued or  guaranteed  by U.S.  Government  agencies  or
instrumentalities  where the Portfolio  must look  principally to the issuing or
guaranteeing  agency for  ultimate  repayment;  some  examples  of  agencies  or
instrumentalities  issuing these obligations are the Federal Farm Credit System,
the Federal Home Loan Banks and the Federal National Mortgage Association.

         BANK  OBLIGATIONS.  The  Portfolio  may  invest  in high  quality  U.S.
dollar-denominated   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
U.S.  federal or state law,  (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  Portfolio 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). These obligations may be supported by appropriated but
unpaid  commitments of their member  countries,  and there is no assurance these
commitments will be undertaken or met in the future.

     COMMERCIAL  PAPER;   BONDS.  The  Portfolio  may  invest  in  high  quality
commercial paper and corporate bonds issued by U.S. corporations.  The Portfolio
may also  invest  in  bonds  and  commercial  paper of  foreign  issuers  if the
obligation is U.S.  dollar-denominated and is not subject to foreign withholding
tax.

         ASSET-BACKED  SECURITIES.  The  Portfolio 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  principal  payments.   Consequently,  the  life  of  an
asset-backed  security  varies with the prepayment  experience of the underlying
obligations.


         QUALITY INFORMATION.  The Portfolio will limit its investments to those
securities which, in accordance with guidelines adopted by the Trustees, present
minimal credit risks. In addition,  the Portfolio will not purchase any security
(other than a U.S. Government  security) unless (i) it is rated with the highest
rating  assigned  to  short-term  debt  securities  by at least  two  nationally
recognized  statistical rating  organizations such as Moody's Investors Service,
Inc. ("Moody's") and Standard & Poor's Ratings Group ("Standard & Poor's"), (ii)
it is rated by only one agency with the highest such rating,  or (iii) it is not
rated  and  is  determined  to  be  of  comparable  quality.  Determinations  of
comparable  quality shall be made in accordance with  procedures  established by
the  Trustees.  These  standards  must be satisfied at the time an investment is
made. If the quality of the investment later declines below the quality required
for purchase, the Portfolio shall dispose of the investment,  subject in certain
circumstances  to a finding by the Trustees  that  disposing  of the  investment
would not be in the Portfolio's best interest.

         The Portfolio may also invest in securities on a when-issued or delayed
delivery basis and in certain  privately  placed  securities.  The Portfolio may
also  enter into  repurchase  and  reverse  repurchase  agreements  and lend its
portfolio  securities.  For a  discussion  of  these  investments  and for  more
information  on  foreign  investments,  see  "Additional  Information  and  Risk
Factors".

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION AND RISK FACTORS

         WHEN-ISSUED AND DELAYED DELIVERY SECURITIES. The Portfolio may purchase
securities on a when-issued or delayed  delivery basis.  Delivery of and payment
for these  securities  may take as long as a month or more after the date of the
purchase  commitment.  The  value of  these  securities  is  subject  to  market
fluctuation  during this  period and for fixed  income  securities,  no interest
accrues  to  the  Portfolio  until  settlement.  At the  time  of  settlement  a
when-issued  security  may be  valued  at less  than  its  purchase  price.  The
Portfolio  maintains  with the  Custodian a separate  account  with a segregated
portfolio of securities in an amount at least equal to these  commitments.  When
entering into a when-issued or delayed delivery transaction,  the Portfolio will
rely on the other party to consummate the transaction;  if the other party fails
to do so, the Portfolio may be  disadvantaged.  It is the current  policy of the
Portfolio not to enter into when-issued  commitments  exceeding in the aggregate
15% of the market value of the Portfolio's  total assets less liabilities  other
than the obligations created by these commitments.

         REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The Portfolio may engage in repurchase agreement
transactions  with  brokers,  dealers or banks  that meet the credit  guidelines
established  by the Trustees.  In a repurchase  agreement,  the Portfolio buys a
security  from a seller that has agreed to  repurchase  it at a mutually  agreed
upon date and price,  reflecting the interest rate effective for the term of the
agreement. The term of these agreements is usually from overnight to one week. A
repurchase  agreement may be viewed as a fully  collateralized  loan of money by
the  Portfolio  to the seller.  The  Portfolio  always  receives  securities  as
collateral with a market value at least equal to the purchase price plus accrued
interest and this value is maintained  during the term of the agreement.  If the
seller defaults and the collateral  value declines,  the Portfolio might incur a
loss. If bankruptcy  proceedings  are commenced with respect to the seller,  the
Portfolio's  realization  upon the  disposition  of collateral may be delayed or
limited.   Investments  in  certain  repurchase  agreements  and  certain  other
investments  which  may  be  considered  illiquid  are  limited.  See  "Illiquid
Investments; Privately Placed and other Unregistered Securities" below.

         LOANS  OF  PORTFOLIO  SECURITIES.   Subject  to  applicable  investment
restrictions,  the Portfolio is permitted to lend its securities in an amount up
to 33 1/3% of the value of the  Portfolio's  net assets.  The Portfolio 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 Portfolio 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 Portfolio
any  income  accruing  thereon.  Loans will be  subject  to  termination  by the
Portfolio 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 the
Portfolio  and its  investors.  The Portfolio  may pay  reasonable  finders' and
custodial  fees in  connection  with a loan.  In addition,  the  Portfolio  will
consider  all facts and  circumstances  including  the  creditworthiness  of the
borrowing  financial  institution,  and the Portfolio will not make any loans in
excess of one year.

         Loans of portfolio securities may be considered extensions of credit by
the  Portfolio.  The risks to the  Portfolio  with  respect to  borrowers of its
portfolio  securities  are similar to the risks to the Portfolio with respect to
sellers in repurchase agreement transactions. See "Repurchase Agreements" above.
The Portfolio  will not lend its securities to any officer,  Trustee,  Director,
employee or other  affiliate  of the  Portfolio,  the  Advisor or the  placement
agent, unless otherwise permitted by applicable law.

         REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The Portfolio is permitted to enter into
reverse repurchase agreements.  In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Portfolio
sells a security and agrees to repurchase it at a mutually  agreed upon date and
price, reflecting the interest rate effective for the term of the agreement. For
purposes of the Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), it
is considered a form of borrowing by the Portfolio and, therefore,  is a form of
leverage.  Leverage  may  cause  any  gains or  losses  of the  Portfolio  to be
magnified. For more information, see Item 13 in Part B.

         FOREIGN  INVESTMENT  INFORMATION.  The  Portfolio may invest in certain
U.S. dollar-denominated foreign securities.  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.  The  Portfolio may only invest in
foreign securities that are not subject to foreign withholding tax.

         Investors should realize that the value of the Portfolio'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 Portfolio'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 Portfolio must be made in compliance
with U.S. and foreign currency restrictions and tax laws restricting the amounts
and types of foreign investments.

         SYNTHETIC  INSTRUMENTS.  The Portfolio 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 Other Registered
Securities.

         ILLIQUID   INVESTMENTS;   PRIVATELY   PLACED  AND  OTHER   UNREGISTERED
SECURITIES.  The  Portfolio  may not acquire any  illiquid  securities  if, as a
result thereof, more than 10% of the Portfolio's net assets would be in illiquid
investments.  Subject to this fundamental limitation,  the Portfolio may acquire
investments  that  are  illiquid  or have  limited  liquidity,  such as  private
placements or investments  that are not registered under 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 Portfolio.  The price the Portfolio 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  Portfolio  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.




INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

         The  Portfolio  may not  make  any  investment  inconsistent  with  its
classification as a diversified  investment company under the 1940 Act. The 1940
Act  currently  requires  that 75% of the assets of the Portfolio are subject to
the  following  fundamental  limitations:  (a) the Portfolio may not invest more
than 5% of its total  assets in the  securities  of any one issuer,  except U.S.
Government  securities,  and (b) the  Portfolio may not own more than 10% of the
outstanding  voting  securities  of any one issuer.  The Portfolio is subject to
additional  non-fundamental  requirements  governing non-tax exempt money market
funds. These non-fundamental  requirements generally prohibit the Portfolio from
investing  more than 5% of its  total  assets in the  securities  of any  single
issuer,  except  obligations  of  the  U.S.  Government  and  its  agencies  and
instrumentalities.

         For  a  more  detailed   discussion  of  the   Portfolio's   investment
restrictions, as well as a description of certain other investment restrictions,
see Item 13 in Part B.

ITEM 5.  MANAGEMENT OF THE PORTFOLIO.

         The Board of Trustees  provides broad  supervision  over the affairs of
the  Portfolio.  The  Portfolio has retained the services of JPMIM as investment
adviser and Morgan as administrative  services agent. The Portfolio has retained
the  services  of Funds  Distributor,  Inc.  ("FDI")  as  co-administrator  (the
"Co-Administrator").

         The Portfolio has not retained the services of a principal  underwriter
or  distributor,  since interests in the Portfolio are offered solely in private
placement  transactions.  FDI,  acting  as agent  for the  Portfolio,  serves as
exclusive  placement  agent of  interests  in the  Portfolio.  FDI  receives  no
additional compensation for serving in this capacity.

         The Portfolio has entered into an Amended and Restated  Portfolio  Fund
Services  Agreement dated July 11, 1996, with Pierpont  Group,  Inc.  ("Pierpont
Group")  to  assist  the  Trustees  in  exercising  their  overall   supervisory
responsibilities  for the  Portfolio.  The fees to be paid  under the  agreement
approximate the reasonable cost of Pierpont Group in providing these services to
the Trust,  the  Portfolio  and certain other  registered  investment  companies
subject to similar agreements with Pierpont Group.  Pierpont Group was organized
in 1989 at the request of the Trustees of The  Pierpont  Family of Funds for the
purpose of providing these services at cost to those funds.  See Item 14 in Part
B. The principal offices of Pierpont Group are located at 461 Fifth Avenue,  New
York, New York 10017.

         INVESTMENT  ADVISOR.  Subject  to the  supervision  of the  Portfolio's
Trustees,  the Advisor makes the 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 the portfolio's  investment
advisor is JPMIM.  Prior to that date, Morgan, a wholly owned subsidiary of J.P.
Morgan  & Co.  Incorporated  ("J.P.  Morgan"),  was the  Portfolio's  investment
advisor.  JPMIM,  also a wholly owned subsidiary of J.P. Morgan, is a registered
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.  JPMIM
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 $316 billion.

         The following  persons are  primarily  responsible  for the  day-to-day
management and  implementation  of the Advisor's  process for the Portfolio (the
inception  date of  each  person's  responsibility  for  the  Portfolio  and his
business  experience  for the past  five  years is  indicated  parenthetically):
Robert R.  Johnson,  vice  president  (since June 1988,  employed by JPMIM since
prior to 1993), Daniel B. Mulvey, vice president (since January,  1995, employed
by JPMIM since 1993), and John Donahue,  vice president (since June, 1997, prior
to that a portfolio manager for Goldman Sachs & Co.)

         As compensation for the services rendered and related expenses borne by
the Advisor under the Investment  Advisory  Agreement  with the  Portfolio,  the
Portfolio has agreed to pay the Advisor a fee,  which is computed  daily and may
be paid monthly,  at the annual rate of 0.20% of the  Portfolio's  average daily
net assets up to $1 billion,  and 0.10% of average daily net assets in excess of
$1 billion.

         Under a separate  agreement  Morgan,  an affiliate  of JPMIM,  provides
administrative  and  related  services  to the  Portfolio.  See  "Administrative
Services Agent" below.

         CO-ADMINISTRATOR.  Pursuant to a  Co-Administration  Agreement with the
Portfolio,  FDI  serves  as the  Co-Administrator  for  the  Portfolio.  FDI (i)
provides  office space,  equipment and clerical  personnel for  maintaining  the
organization and books and records of the Portfolio;  (ii) provides officers for
the Portfolio;  (iii) files Portfolio  regulatory  documents and mails Portfolio
communications  to Trustees and investors;  and (iv) maintains related books and
records. See "Administrative Services Agent" below.

         For its services under the Co-Administration  Agreement,  the 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 the  Portfolio  is based on the  ratio  of its net  assets  to the
aggregate net assets of the Portfolio  and certain other  registered  investment
companies subject to similar agreements with FDI.

         ADMINISTRATIVE  SERVICES AGENT. Pursuant to the Administrative Services
Agreement with the Portfolio, Morgan provides certain administrative and related
services  to the  Portfolio,  including  services  related  to  tax  compliance,
preparation of financial statements,  calculation of performance data, oversight
of service providers and certain regulatory and Board of Trustees matters.

         Under the Administrative  Services Agreement,  the Portfolio 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
Portfolio,  the other Portfolios in which series of the Trust or the J.P. Morgan
Funds invest and J.P.  Morgan  Series  Trust in  accordance  with the  following
annual schedule:  0.09% on 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.

         PLACEMENT  AGENT.  FDI,  a  registered  broker-dealer,  also  serves as
exclusive  placement  agent for the  Portfolio.  FDI is a wholly owned  indirect
subsidiary of Boston  Institutional Group, Inc. FDI's principal business address
is 60 State Street, Suite 1300, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

     CUSTODIAN.  State  Street  Bank and Trust  Company  ("State  Street"),  225
Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 serves as the Portfolio's custodian
and fund accounting and transfer agent.  State Street keeps the books of account
for the Portfolio.

         EXPENSES.  In  addition to the fees  payable to the  service  providers
identified above, the Portfolio is responsible for usual and customary  expenses
associated with its operations.  Such expenses  include  organization  expenses,
legal fees, accounting and audit expenses, insurance costs, the compensation and
expenses of the Trustees,  registration fees under federal  securities laws, and
extraordinary expenses.

ITEM 6.  CAPITAL STOCK AND OTHER SECURITIES.

         The  Portfolio  is  organized as a trust under the laws of the State of
New York.  Under the Declaration of Trust,  the Trustees are authorized to issue
beneficial  interests in the  Portfolio.  Each investor is entitled to a vote in
proportion to the amount of its investment in the Portfolio.  Investments in the
Portfolio  may not be  transferred,  but an  investor  may  withdraw  all or any
portion  of its  investment  at any time at net asset  value.  Investors  in the
Portfolio (e.g., other investment companies, insurance company separate accounts
and common and commingled  trust funds) will each be liable for all  obligations
of the Portfolio.  However,  the risk of an investor in the Portfolio  incurring
financial loss on account of such liability is limited to circumstances in which
both inadequate  insurance  existed and the Portfolio  itself was unable to meet
its obligations.

     As of January 31, 1999, the J.P.  Morgan  Institutional  Prime Money Market
Fund, J.P. Morgan Institutional  Service Prime Money Market Fund and J.P. Morgan
Prime Money Market Fund (series of the J.P. Morgan  Institutional  Funds and the
J.P.  Morgan  Funds) and JPM  Institutional  Money Market Fund,  Ltd. (a Bahamas
international business company),  owned 47%, 6%, 29% and 18%,  respectively,  of
the outstanding beneficial interest in the Portfolio. As long as the J.P. Morgan
Institutional and J.P. Morgan Funds control the Portfolio,  they may take action
without  the  approval  of any  other  holder  of  beneficial  interests  in the
Portfolio.

         Investments  in the Portfolio  have no preemptive or conversion  rights
and are fully paid and  nonassessable,  except as set forth below. The Portfolio
is not  required  and has no current  intention  of holding  annual  meetings of
investors, but the Portfolio will hold special meetings of investors when in the
judgment of the Trustees it is  necessary or desirable to submit  matters for an
investor vote.  Changes in  fundamental  policies will be submitted to investors
for approval. Investors have under certain circumstances (e.g., upon application
and  submission  of certain  specified  documents to the Trustees by a specified
percentage  of  the  outstanding  interests  in  the  Portfolio)  the  right  to
communicate  with other  investors in  connection  with  requesting a meeting of
investors for the purpose of removing one or more Trustees.  Investors also have
the right to remove one or more Trustees  without a meeting by a declaration  in
writing by a specified percentage of the outstanding interests in the Portfolio.
Upon liquidation of the Portfolio, investors would be entitled to share pro rata
in the net assets of the Portfolio available for distribution to investors.

         The net asset value of the  Portfolio is  determined  each business day
other  than the  holidays  listed in Part B  ("Portfolio  Business  Day").  This
determination  is made once each Portfolio  Business Day at the close of trading
on the New York Stock Exchange (5:00 p.m.)(the  "Eastern Time").  See Item 19 in
Part B.

         The "net  income"  of the  Portfolio  will  consist  of (i) all  income
accrued,  less the amortization of any premium,  on the assets of the Portfolio,
less (ii) all  actual  and  accrued  expenses  of the  Portfolio  determined  in
accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles.  Interest  income
includes  discount earned (including both original issue and market discount) on
discount  paper  accrued  ratably to the date of maturity  and any net  realized
gains or  losses  on the  assets  of the  Portfolio.  All the net  income of the
Portfolio is allocated pro rata among the investors in the Portfolio.

         The end of the Portfolio's fiscal year is November 30.

         Under  the  anticipated  method  of  operation  of the  Portfolio,  the
Portfolio will not be subject to any income tax.  However,  each investor in the
Portfolio  will be taxable on its share (as  determined in  accordance  with the
governing  instruments of the Portfolio) of the Portfolio's  ordinary income and
capital gain in determining its income tax liability.  The determination of such
share will be made in  accordance  with the Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as
amended (the "Code") and regulations promulgated thereunder.

         It is intended that the Portfolio's  assets,  income and  distributions
will be managed in such a way that an investor in the Portfolio  will be able to
satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code, assuming that the investor
invested all of its assets in the Portfolio.

         Investor  inquiries  may be directed  to FDI,  in care of State  Street
Cayman Trust Company,  Ltd., at Elizabethan  Square,  Shedden Road, George Town,
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI (345-949-6644).

ITEM 7.  PURCHASE OF SECURITIES.

         Beneficial  interests  in the  Portfolio  are issued  solely in private
placement  transactions  that do not involve any  "public  offering"  within the
meaning of Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.  Investments  in the Portfolio may only
be made by other investment  companies,  insurance  company  separate  accounts,
common or commingled trust funds, or similar organizations or entities which are
"accredited  investors"  as  defined  in Rule  501  under  the  1933  Act.  This
Registration Statement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation
of an offer to buy, any "security" within the meaning of the 1933 Act.

         An investment  in the  Portfolio may be made without a sales load.  All
investments  are  made at net  asset  value  next  determined  after an order is
received in "good order" by the Portfolio.  The net asset value of the Portfolio
is determined on each Portfolio Business Day.

         There is no minimum initial or subsequent  investment in the Portfolio.
However,  because the Portfolio  intends to be as fully invested at all times as
is  reasonably  practicable  in  order  to  enhance  the  yield  on its  assets,
investments must be made in federal funds (i.e.,  monies credited to the account
of the Custodian by a Federal Reserve Bank).

         The Portfolio may, at its own option,  accept securities in payment for
investments in its beneficial  interests.  The securities  delivered in kind are
valued by the method described in Item 19 of Part B as of the business day prior
to the day the Portfolio receives the securities.  Securities may be accepted in
payment for  beneficial  interests  only if they are, in the judgment of Morgan,
appropriate investments for the Portfolio.  In addition,  securities accepted in
payment for beneficial  interests  must:  (i) meet the investment  objective and
policies of the Portfolio;  (ii) be acquired by the Portfolio for investment and
not for  resale;  (iii) be  liquid  securities  which are not  restricted  as to
transfer  either by law or liquidity  of market;  and (iv) have a value which is
readily ascertainable as evidenced by a listing on an exchange, over-the-counter
market  or by  readily  available  market  quotations  from  a  dealer  in  such
securities.  The  Portfolio  reserves  the  right to accept or reject at its own
option any and all securities offered in payment for beneficial interests.

         The Portfolio and FDI reserve the right to cease accepting  investments
at any time or to reject any investment order.

         Each investor in the  Portfolio may add to or reduce its  investment in
the Portfolio on each Portfolio Business Day. At the Valuation Time on each such
day, the value of each investor's  beneficial  interest in the Portfolio will be
determined  by  multiplying  the  net  asset  value  of  the  Portfolio  by  the
percentage,  effective for that day, which  represents that investor's  share of
the  aggregate  beneficial   interests  in  the  Portfolio.   Any  additions  or
reductions,  which are to be effected at the  Valuation  Time on such day,  will
then  be  effected.  The  investor's  percentage  of  the  aggregate  beneficial
interests in the Portfolio  will then be recomputed as the  percentage  equal to
the  fraction  (i) the  numerator  of  which  is the  value  of such  investor's
investment in the Portfolio at the Valuation Time on such day plus or minus,  as
the case may be, the amount of net additions to or reductions in the  investor's
investment  in the  Portfolio  effected  at the  Valuation  Time,  and  (ii) the
denominator of which is the aggregate net asset value of the Portfolio as of the
Valuation Time on such day, plus or minus, as the case may be, the amount of net
additions to or reductions in the aggregate  investments in the Portfolio by all
investors in the Portfolio. The percentage so determined will then be applied to
determine  the  value of the  investor's  interest  in the  Portfolio  as of the
Valuation Time on the following Portfolio Business Day.

ITEM 8.  REDEMPTION OR REPURCHASE.

         An  investor  in the  Portfolio  may reduce  all or any  portion of its
investment  at the net asset  value  next  determined  after a request  in "good
order"  is  furnished  by the  investor  to the  Portfolio.  The  proceeds  of a
reduction  will be paid by the Portfolio in federal  funds  normally on the next
Portfolio Business Day after the reduction is effected,  but in any event within
seven days. Investments in the Portfolio may not be transferred.

         The right of any  investor  to  receive  payment  with  respect  to any
reduction  may be suspended or the payment of the proceeds  therefrom  postponed
during any period in which the New York Stock  Exchange  (the  "NYSE") is closed
(other than  weekends or holidays) or trading on the NYSE is  restricted  or, to
the extent  otherwise  permitted  by the 1940 Act, as amended,  if an  emergency
exists.  In the event that  trading in the money  markets  is  scheduled  to end
earlier  than the close of the NYSE,  the  Portfolio  would  expect to close for
purchases and  withdrawals an hour in advance of the end of trading in the money
markets.  The Portfolio may also close for  purchases  and  withdrawals  at such
other times as may be  determined  by the  Trustees to the extent  permitted  by
applicable law.

         The Portfolio reserves the right under certain  circumstances,  such as
accommodating  requests for  substantial  withdrawals  or  liquidations,  to pay
distributions in kind to investors (i.e., to distribute  portfolio securities as
opposed to cash).  If  securities  are  distributed,  an  investor  could  incur
brokerage,  tax or other  charges  in  converting  the  securities  to cash.  In
addition,  distribution  in kind may result in a less  diversified  portfolio of
investments or adversely affect the liquidity of the Portfolio or the investor's
portfolio, as the case may be.

ITEM 9.  PENDING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

         Not applicable.



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                                     PART B


ITEM 10.  COVER PAGE.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 11.  TABLE OF CONTENTS.                         PAGE

General Information and History........................................B-1
Investment Objective and Policies......................................B-1
Management of the Fund.................................................B-8
Control Persons and Principal Holders
of Securities..........................................................B-13
Investment Advisory and Other Services.................................B-14
Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices...............................B-18
Capital Stock and Other Securities.....................................B-20
Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Securities
Being Offered..........................................................B-21
Tax Status.............................................................B-22
Underwriters...........................................................B-23
Calculations of Performance Data.......................................B-23
Financial Statements...................................................B-23

ITEM 12.  GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 13.  INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES.

         The  investment  objective  of The Prime Money  Market  Portfolio  (the
"Portfolio") is to maximize  current income  consistent with the preservation of
capital and same day  liquidity.  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 Part A and this Part B 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".

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

         The following  discussion  supplements  the  information  regarding the
investment objective of the Portfolio and the policies to be employed to achieve
this objective as set forth above and in Part A.

MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS

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

     U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES. The Portfolio 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 Portfolio 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, the Portfolio 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 the Portfolio
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 Portfolio,  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. These securities may be denominated in the U.S. dollar.

         BANK  OBLIGATIONS.  The Portfolio,  unless otherwise noted in Part A 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 Portfolio  will not invest in
obligations  for which the Advisor,  or any of its  affiliated  persons,  is the
ultimate obligor or accepting bank. The Portfolio 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  Portfolio  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,
in its capacity as  investment  advisor to the  Portfolio  and as fiduciary  for
other clients for whom it exercises investment discretion.  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,  acting as a fiduciary on behalf of its clients, 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  Treasury  Bill  auction  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 the Morgan. Since master demand obligations typically are not rated
by credit rating agencies,  the Portfolio 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 Portfolio's  quality  restrictions.
See "Quality and Diversification  Requirements".  Although there is no secondary
market for master demand  obligations,  such  obligations  are considered by the
Portfolio to be liquid because they are payable upon demand.  The Portfolio does
not have any specific  percentage  limitation  on  investments  in master demand
obligations.

         ASSET-BACKED  SECURITIES.  The  Portfolio 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  principal  payments.   Consequently,  the  life  of  an
asset-backed  security  varies with the prepayment  experience of the underlying
obligations.

         REPURCHASE   AGREEMENTS.   The  Portfolio  may  enter  into  repurchase
agreements  with  brokers,  dealers  or banks  that meet the  credit  guidelines
approved by the  Trustees.  In a  repurchase  agreement,  the  Portfolio  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  Portfolio 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 the
Portfolio to the seller. The period of these repurchase  agreements will usually
be short,  from overnight to one week, and at no time will the Portfolio  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
Portfolio  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  Portfolio  in each  agreement  plus accrued
interest,  and the  Portfolio  will make payment for such  securities  only upon
physical  delivery or upon evidence of book entry transfer to the account of the
Portfolio's  Custodian.  The Portfolio will be fully  collateralized  within the
meaning  of  paragraph  (a)(3) of Rule 2a-7  under the 1940 Act.  If the  seller
defaults,  the  Portfolio  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 the Portfolio may be delayed or
limited.

         The  Portfolio  may make  investments  in other  debt  securities  with
remaining  effective  maturities of not more than 13 months,  including  without
limitation  corporate  and  foreign  bonds,  asset-backed  securities  and other
obligations described in Part A or this Part B.

FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

         The Portfolio may invest in certain foreign securities. All investments
of the Portfolio must be U.S.  dollar-denominated.  Any foreign commercial paper
must not be subject to foreign  withholding  tax at the time of purchase.  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.

         Investors should realize that the value of the Portfolio'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 Portfolios'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 Portfolio 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

     WHEN-ISSUED  AND DELAYED  DELIVERY  SECURITIES.  The Portfolio 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  fixed  income  securities,  no  interest  accrues  to the
Portfolio  until  settlement  takes place.  At the time the Portfolio  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,  the Portfolio 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,  the Portfolio will meet
its  obligations  from  maturities  or  sales  of  the  securities  held  in the
segregated account and/or from cash flow. If the Portfolio 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 Portfolio may be disadvantaged if the other
party to the transaction defaults. It is the current policy of the Portfolio not
to enter into  when-issued  commitments  exceeding in the  aggregate  15% of the
market value of the Portfolio'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 the Portfolio 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 the
Portfolio'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 the Portfolio.  As a shareholder of another  investment
company,  the 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 the
Portfolio bears directly in connection with its own operations.

         REVERSE  REPURCHASE  AGREEMENTS.  The  Portfolio may enter into reverse
repurchase  agreements.  In a reverse repurchase agreement,  a Portfolio 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 Portfolio and, therefore,  a form of
leverage.  Leverage  may  cause  any  gains  or  losses  for a  Portfolio  to be
magnified.  The Portfolio  will invest the proceeds of borrowings  under reverse
repurchase agreements. In addition, except for liquidity purposes, the Portfolio
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.  The Portfolio will not invest the proceeds of a reverse repurchase
agreement  for a period  which  exceeds the  duration of the reverse  repurchase
agreement.  The  Portfolio  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 the Portfolio's limitations on reverse repurchase
agreements and bank borrowings.

     LOANS  OF   PORTFOLIO   SECURITIES.   Subject  to   applicable   investment
restrictions,  the Portfolio is permitted to lend its securities in an amount up
to 33 1/3% of the value of the  Portfolio's  net assets.  The Portfolio 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 Portfolio 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 Portfolio
any  income  accruing  thereon.  Loans will be  subject  to  termination  by the
Portfolio 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 the
Portfolio  and its  respective  investors.  The  Portfolio  may  pay  reasonable
finders'  and  custodial  fees in  connection  with a  loan.  In  addition,  the
Portfolio   will   consider   all  facts   and   circumstances   including   the
creditworthiness of the borrowing financial  institution,  and will not make any
loans in excess of one year.  Loans of portfolio  securities  may be  considered
extensions of credit by the  Portfolio.  The risks to the Portfolio with respect
to  borrowers  of its  portfolio  securities  are  similar  to the  risks to the
Portfolio  with respect to sellers in  repurchase  agreement  transactions.  See
"Repurchase  Agreements".  The  Portfolio  will not lend its  securities  to any
officer,  Trustee,  Director,  employee or other affiliate of the Portfolio, the
Advisor or the Distributor, unless otherwise permitted by applicable law.

     ILLIQUID INVESTMENTS, PRIVATELY PLACED AND CERTAIN UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
The Portfolio  may invest in privately  placed,  restricted,  Rule 144A or other
unregistered securities. The Portfolio may not acquire any illiquid holdings if,
as a result  thereof,  more than 10% of the  Portfolio's  net assets would be in
illiquid  investments.  Subject to this non-fundamental  policy limitation,  the
Portfolio 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  Portfolios.  The price  the  Portfolio  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 Portfolio may 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,  The  Portfolio  is subject to a risk that
should the Portfolio  decide to sell them when a ready buyer is not available at
a price the  Portfolio  deems  representative  of their value,  the value of the
Portfolio's net assets could be adversely  affected.  Where an illiquid security
must be registered  under the 1933 Act, before it may be sold, the Portfolio 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
Portfolio  may be permitted to sell a security  under an effective  registration
statement.  If, during such a period, adverse market conditions were to develop,
the Portfolio might obtain a less favorable price than prevailed when it decided
to sell.

              SYNTHETIC  INSTRUMENTS.   The  Portfolio  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.

         QUALITY AND DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

         The Portfolio intends to meet the  diversification  requirements of the
1940  Act.  Current  1940 Act  diversification  requirements  require  that with
respect to 75% of the assets of the: (1) the  Portfolio 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
Portfolio may not own more than 10% of the outstanding  voting securities of any
one issuer.  As for the other 25% of the  Portfolio'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 the Portfolio  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 the  Portfolio  invests 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.

              In order to attain  the  investor's  objective  of  maintaining  a
stable net asset  value,  the  Portfolio  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 (subject,  however, to the investment
restriction No. 4 set forth under  "Investment  Restrictions"  below);  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 attached
to this Part B. The Portfolio 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  Portfolio  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 13 months;  and (ii) require the Portfolio,
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  Portfolio's  best
interest.

         INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

              The  investment  restrictions  below  have  been  adopted  by  the
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 (as defined in the 1940
Act) of the  Portfolio.  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 security holders 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.

         The Portfolio:

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

2. May not purchase any security  which would cause the Portfolio to concentrate
its investments in the securities of issuers primarily engaged in any particular
industry except as permitted by the SEC;

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
Portfolio,  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 Portfolio 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  Portfolio  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  Portfolio's
investment objective and policies and to the extent permitted by applicable law.

              NON-FUNDAMENTAL    INVESTMENT    RESTRICTIONS.    The   investment
restriction described below is not a fundamental policy of the Portfolio and may
be changed by the Trustees. This non-fundamental investment policy requires that
the Portfolio:

(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 Portfolio'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.

              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.

         ITEM 14.  MANAGEMENT OF THE PORTFOLIO.

              The Trustees of the Portfolio, their business addresses, principal
occupations during the past five years and dates of birth are set forth below.

         TRUSTEES

              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  Healey  (*) --  Trustee;  Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer;
Chairman,  Pierpont  Group,  Inc.  ("Pierpont  Group") since prior to 1992.  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.

     -----------------------  * Mr. 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 JPMIM


              Each  Trustee  is  currently  paid an annual  fee of  $75,000  for
serving as Trustee of the Master  Portfolios  (as defined  below),  J.P.  Morgan
Funds,  J.P.  Morgan  Institutional  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 the Portfolio.

              Trustee  compensation  expenses  paid  by the  Portfolio  for  the
calendar year ended December 31, 1998 is set forth below.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
<S>                                             <C>                                    <C>   

                                                                               TOTAL TRUSTEE COMPENSATION ACCRUED
                                                                               BY THE MASTER PORTFOLIOS(*), J.P.
                                                                               MORGAN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS, J.P.
                                         AGGREGATE TRUSTEE COMPENSATION PAID   MORGAN FUNDS AND J.P. MORGAN SERIES
                                         BY THE PORTFOLIO DURING 1998          TRUST DURING 1998(**)
         NAME OF TRUSTEE
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------

Frederick S. Addy, Trustee                        $13,962                               $75,000
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------

William G. Burns, Trustee                         $13,962                               $75,000
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------

Arthur C. Eschenlauer, Trustee                    $13,962                               $75,000
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------

Matthew Healey, Trustee(***), Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
                                                  $13,962                               $75,000
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
                                                  $13,962
Michael P. Mallardi, Trustee                                                            $75,000
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
</TABLE>


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

         (**)         No  investment  company  within  the  fund  complex  has a
                      pension  or  retirement  plan.   Currently  there  are  18
                      investment  companies (15 investment  companies comprising
                      the Master  Portfolios,  the J.P.  Morgan Funds,  the J.P.
                      Morgan  Institutional  Funds and J.P. Morgan Series Trust)
                      in the fund complex.

         (***)        During 1998,  Pierpont Group paid Mr. Healey,  in his role
                      as Chairman of Pierpont Group,  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.

         The Trustees of the  Portfolio  are the same as the Trustees of each of
the other Master  Portfolios,  the J.P. Morgan Funds, J.P. Morgan  Institutional
Funds  and J.P.  Morgan  Series  Trust.  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  Master
Portfolios, the J.P. Morgan Funds and the J.P. Morgan Institutional Funds, up to
and including creating a separate board of trustees.

         The Trustees of the Portfolio  decide upon matters of general  policies
and are responsible for overseeing the Trust's and Portfolio's business affairs.
The Portfolio has entered into a Portfolio Fund Services Agreement with Pierpont
Group  to  assist  the  Trustees  in  exercising   their   overall   supervisory
responsibilities over the affairs of the Portfolio. Pierpont Group was organized
in July 1989 to provide  services for the J.P.  Morgan Family of Funds (formerly
"The Pierpont Family of Funds")  (currently an investor in the  Portfolio).  The
Portfolio has agreed to pay Pierpont Group a fee in an amount  representing  its
reasonable  costs in performing  these  services.  These costs are  periodically
reviewed by the  Trustees.  The  aggregate  fees paid to  Pierpont  Group by the
Portfolio  for the fiscal  years ended  November  30,  1996,  1997 and 1998 were
$157,428, $143,027 and $173,032,  respectively.  The Portfolio has no employees;
its executive  officers (listed below),  other than the Chief Executive  Officer
and the officers who are employees of the Advisor,  are provided and compensated
by Funds  Distributor,  Inc.  ("FDI"),  a wholly owned,  indirect  subsidiary of
Boston  Institutional Group, Inc. The Portfolio's officers conduct and supervise
the business operations of the Portfolio.

         The officers of the Portfolio,  their principal  occupations during the
past five  years and their  dates of birth  are set forth  below.  The  business
address of each of the officers unless otherwise noted is 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;  Assistant  Secretary and  Assistant  Treasurer of the
Portfolio 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.

     LENORE J.  MCCABE;  Assistant  Secretary  and  Assistant  Treasurer  of the
Portfolio only.  Assistant Vice  President,  State Street Bank and Trust Company
since November 1994. Assigned as Operations  Manager,  State Street Cayman Trust
Company,  Ltd. since February 1995. Prior to November,  1994, employed by Boston
Financial Data Services,  Inc. as Control Group Manager.  Address: P.O. Box 2508
GT,  Elizabethan  Square,  2nd Floor,  Shedden Road,  George Town, Grand Cayman,
Cayman Islands, BWI. Her date of birth is May 31, 1961.

     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  in North
Easton, Massachusetts. 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.

     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.

     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.

     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.

         The  Portfolio's  Declaration  of Trust provides that it will indemnify
its  Trustees  and  officers  against   liabilities  and  expenses  incurred  in
connection  with  litigation  in which  they may be  involved  because  of their
offices with the  Portfolio,  unless,  as to  liability to the  Portfolio or its
investors,  it is finally adjudicated that they engaged in willful  misfeasance,
bad faith,  gross  negligence  or reckless  disregard of the duties  involved in
their  offices,  or  unless  with  respect  to any other  matter  it is  finally
adjudicated  that they did not act in good faith in the  reasonable  belief that
their  actions  were in the  best  interests  of the  Portfolio.  In the case of
settlement,  such  indemnification  will  not be  provided  unless  it has  been
determined  by  a  court  or  other  body  approving  the  settlement  or  other
disposition,  or by a reasonable  determination,  based upon a review of readily
available facts, by vote of a majority of disinterested Trustees or in a written
opinion of independent counsel,  that such officers or Trustees have not engaged
in willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross negligence or reckless  disregard of
their duties.

         ITEM 15.  CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.

     As of January 31, 1999, the J.P.  Morgan  Institutional  Prime Money Market
Fund, J.P. Morgan Institutional  Service Prime Money Market Fund and J.P. Morgan
Prime Money Market Fund (series of the J.P. Morgan  Institutional  Funds and the
J.P.  Morgan  Funds) and JPM  Institutional  Money Market Fund,  Ltd. (a Bahamas
international business company),  owned 47%, 6%, 29% and 18%,  respectively,  of
the outstanding beneficial interest in the Portfolio. As long as the J.P. Morgan
Institutional and J.P. Morgan Funds control the Portfolio,  they may take action
without  the  approval  of any  other  holder  of  beneficial  interests  in the
Portfolio.

         Each of the  Portfolio's  investors  has  informed the  Portfolio  that
whenever it is requested to vote on matters  pertaining to the Portfolio  (other
than a vote by the Portfolio to continue the operation of the Portfolio upon the
withdrawal of another investor in the Portfolio),  it will hold a meeting of its
shareholders and will cast its vote as instructed by those shareholders.

         The officers and Trustees of the Portfolio own none of the  outstanding
beneficial interests in the Portfolio.

         ITEM 16.  INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES.

         INVESTMENT ADVISOR. The investment advisor to the Portfolio is JPMIM, a
wholly-owned  subsidiary  of J.P.  Morgan.  Subject  to the  supervision  of the
Portfolio's  Trustees,  the Advisor makes the Portfolio's  day-to-day investment
decisions,  arranges for the execution of portfolio  transactions  and generally
manages the Portfolio's  investments.  Prior to October 1, 1998,  Morgan was the
investment  advisor.  JPMIM,  a wholly owned  subsidiary  of J.P.  Morgan,  is a
registered  investment  adviser  under the  Investment  Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended, 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 $316 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 Portfolio
are not exclusive  under the terms of the  Investment  Advisory  Agreement.  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 Morgan 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  Portfolio.  Such  accounts are  supervised  by officers and
employees  of the Advisor who may also be acting in similar  capacities  for the
Portfolio. See Item 17 below.

         Sector  weightings are generally  similar to the Portfolio's  benchmark
with the  emphasis on  security  selection  as the method to achieve  investment
performance  superior to the  benchmark.  The  benchmark  for the  Portfolio  is
currently IBC's First Tier 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  Portfolio is managed by officers of the Advisor who, in acting for
their  customers,  including  the  Portfolio,  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 Agreement,  the Portfolio has agreed to pay the Advisor a fee, which is
computed daily and may be paid monthly, equal to the annual rate of 0.20% of the
Portfolio's  average  daily  net  assets  up to $1  billion  and  0.10%  of  the
Portfolio's  average  daily net assets in excess of $1  billion.  For the fiscal
years ended  November 30, 1996,  1997 and 1998 the  Portfolio  paid to Morgan or
JPMIM, as applicable,  $4,503,793,  $5,063,662 and $7,199,733,  respectively, in
advisory fees.

         The  Investment  Advisory  Agreement  provides that it will continue in
effect for a period of two years after execution only if  specifically  approved
annually  thereafter  (i)  by a  vote  of  the  holders  of a  majority  of  the
Portfolio's  outstanding  securities  or by its Trustees and (ii) by a vote of a
majority  of the  Trustees  who  are  not  parties  to the  Investment  Advisory
Agreement or "interested persons" as defined by the 1940 Act cast in person at a
meeting  called  for the  purpose  of voting on such  approval.  The  Investment
Advisory Agreement will terminate automatically if assigned and is terminable at
any  time  without  penalty  by a vote  of a  majority  of the  Trustees  of the
Portfolio,  or by a vote of the holders of a majority of the Portfolio's  voting
securities,  on 60 days' written  notice to the Advisor and by the Advisor on 90
days' written notice to the Portfolio.

         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  Portfolio.  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  Portfolio   contemplated  by  the  Investment  Advisory  Agreement  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 Portfolio.

         If the Advisor were prohibited from acting as investment advisor to the
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 a separate agreement,  Morgan provides administrative and related
services to the Portfolio. See "Administrative Services Agent" in Part A above.

         PLACEMENT  AGENT.  FDI,  a  registered  broker-dealer,  also  serves as
exclusive  placement  agent for the  Portfolio.  FDI is a wholly owned  indirect
subsidiary of Boston  Institutional Group, Inc. FDI's principal business address
is 60 State Street, Suite 1300, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

         CO-ADMINISTRATOR.  Under the  Portfolio's  Co-Administration  Agreement
dated  August 1,  1996,  FDI  serves as the  Portfolio's  Co-Administrator.  The
Co-Administration Agreement may be renewed or amended by the Trustees without an
investor vote. The Co-Administration Agreement is terminable at any time without
penalty by a vote of a majority  of the  Trustees of the  Portfolio  on not more
than 60 days' written  notice nor less than 30 days' written notice to the other
party. The  Co-Administrator  may, subject to the consent of the Trustees of the
Portfolio,  subcontract  for  the  performance  of  its  obligations,  provided,
however,   that  unless  the  Portfolio   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  "Administrative
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  Agreement,  the 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 the  Portfolio  is based on the  ratio  of its net  assets  to the
aggregate net assets of the J.P.  Morgan Funds,  the J.P.  Morgan  Institutional
Funds, the Master Portfolios,  and certain other investment companies subject to
similar agreements with FDI. For the period from August 1, 1996 through November
30, 1996  administrative  fees of $33,012 were paid by the Portfolio to FDI. For
the fiscal year ended November 30, 1997 and 1998: $96,662 and $115,137.

         The  following  administrative  fees  were  paid  by the  Portfolio  to
Signature Broker-Dealer Services, Inc. ("SBDS"), (which provided placement agent
and  administrative  services to the Portfolio prior to August 1, 1996). For the
period from December 1, 1995 through July 31, 1996,  the Portfolio paid $272,989
in fees to SBDS as Administrator.

         ADMINISTRATIVE  SERVICES  AGENT.  The  Portfolio  has  entered  into  a
Restated  Administrative  Services  Agreement  (the "Services  Agreement")  with
Morgan,  pursuant to which Morgan is responsible for certain  administrative and
related services provided to the Portfolio.

         Under the Services  Agreement,  effective August 1, 1996, the Portfolio
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% on 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 the Portfolio is determined by the proportionate share
that its net assets bear to the total net assets of the J.P.  Morgan Funds,  the
J.P. Morgan Institutional  Funds, the Master Portfolios,  the other investors in
the Master Portfolios for which Morgan provides similar services and J.P. Morgan
Series Trust.

         Under  administrative  services  agreements  in effect with Morgan from
December 29, 1995 through July 31, 1996,  the 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  Portfolio  had  entered  into a  financial  and  fund
accounting  services  agreement  with Morgan,  the  provisions of which included
certain of the activities described above.

         For the fiscal  years  ended  November  30,  1996,  1997 and 1998,  the
Portfolio paid Morgan  $891,730,  $1,256,131 and  $1,788,454,  respectively,  in
administrative services fees.

         CUSTODIAN.  State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State  Street"),  225
Franklin  Street,  Boston,   Massachusetts  02110,  serves  as  the  Portfolio's
custodian  and fund  accounting  and transfer  agent.  Pursuant to the Custodian
Contract,  State Street is responsible  for maintaining the books of account and
records of portfolio  transactions and holding portfolio securities and cash. In
the case of foreign assets held outside the U.S., the Custodian  employs various
sub-custodians, who were approved by the Trustees of the Portfolio in accordance
with the regulations of the SEC. The Custodian maintains  portfolio  transaction
records, calculates book and tax allocations for the Portfolio, and computes the
value of the interest of each investor.

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

         EXPENSES.  In  addition to the fees  payable to the  service  providers
identified above, the Portfolio is responsible for usual and customary  expenses
associated with its operations.  Such expenses  include  organization  expenses,
legal fees, accounting and audit expenses, insurance costs, the compensation and
expenses of the Trustees,  registration fees under federal  securities laws, and
extraordinary expenses applicable to the Portfolio. Under fee arrangements prior
to September 1, 1995, Morgan as service agent was responsible for reimbursements
to the  Portfolio for SBDS's fees as  administrator  and the usual and customary
expenses  described above (excluding  organization and  extraordinary  expenses,
custodian fees and brokerage expenses).

         ITEM 17.  BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND OTHER PRACTICES.

         The Advisor places orders for the Portfolio 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 the Portfolio. See Item 13 above.

         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 Portfolio will be undertaken principally
to accomplish the Portfolio's objective in relation to expected movements in the
general level of interest rates.  The Portfolio may engage in short term trading
consistent with its objective.

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

         The Portfolio's  policy of investing only in securities with maturities
of less than  thirteen  months will  result in high  portfolio  turnover.  Since
brokerage  commissions are not normally paid on investments  which the Portfolio
makes,  turnover resulting from such investments should not adversely affect the
net asset value or net income of the Portfolio.

         Subject to the overriding  objective of obtaining the best execution of
orders,  the  Advisor  may  allocate  a  portion  of the  Portfolio's  portfolio
brokerage  transactions to affiliates of the Advisor. In order for affiliates of
the  Advisor  to  effect  any  portfolio  transactions  for the  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 the 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.

         The  Portfolio's  portfolio  securities  will not be purchased  from or
through or sold to or through the  Exclusive  Placement  Agent or Advisor or any
other  "affiliated  person"  (as  defined  in the 1940  Act),  of the  Exclusive
Placement  Agent or Advisor when such entities are acting as principals,  except
to the extent  permitted by law. In addition,  the  Portfolio  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  the  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 the  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 the Portfolio.  In
some instances, this procedure might adversely affect the Portfolio.

         ITEM 18.  CAPITAL STOCK AND OTHER SECURITIES.

         Under the  Declaration  of Trust,  the Trustees are authorized to issue
beneficial interests in the Portfolio. Investors are entitled to participate pro
rata in distributions of taxable income, loss, gain and credit of the Portfolio.
Upon  liquidation or  dissolution  of the  Portfolio,  investors are entitled to
share pro rata in the Portfolio's net assets  available for  distribution to its
investors.  Investments  in  the  Portfolio  have  no  preference,   preemptive,
conversion or similar rights and are fully paid and nonassessable, except as set
forth below.  Investments in the Portfolio may not be transferred.  Certificates
representing an investor's  beneficial interest in the Portfolio are issued only
upon the written request of an investor.

         Each  investor is entitled to a vote in proportion to the amount of its
investment in the Portfolio.  Investors in the Portfolio do not have  cumulative
voting rights,  and investors holding more than 50% of the aggregate  beneficial
interest in the  Portfolio may elect all of the Trustees if they choose to do so
and in such  event the other  investors  in the  Portfolio  would not be able to
elect any Trustee. The Portfolio is not required and has no current intention to
hold annual  meetings of investors but the Portfolio will hold special  meetings
of investors when in the judgment of the Portfolio's Trustees it is necessary or
desirable to submit matters for an investor  vote. No material  amendment may be
made to the Portfolio's  Declaration of Trust without the  affirmative  majority
vote of investors  (with the vote of each being in  proportion  to the amount of
its investment).

         The Portfolio may enter into a merger or consolidation,  or sell all or
substantially  all of its assets,  if approved by the vote of  two-thirds of its
investors  (with the vote of each being in proportion  to its  percentage of the
beneficial  interests in the Portfolio),  except that if the Trustees  recommend
such sale of assets,  the approval by vote of a majority of the investors  (with
the  vote of each  being  in  proportion  to its  percentage  of the  beneficial
interests  of the  Portfolio)  will be  sufficient.  The  Portfolio  may also be
terminated (i) upon  liquidation  and  distribution of its assets if approved by
the  vote of  two-thirds  of its  investors  (with  the  vote of each  being  in
proportion to the amount of its  investment)  or (ii) by the Trustees by written
notice to its investors.

         The  Portfolio  is  organized as a trust under the laws of the State of
New York.  Investors in the  Portfolio  will be held  personally  liable for its
obligations  and  liabilities,  subject,  however,  to  indemnification  by  the
Portfolio in the event that there is imposed upon an investor a greater  portion
of the  liabilities  and  obligations  of the Portfolio  than its  proportionate
beneficial  interest in the  Portfolio.  The  Declaration of Trust also provides
that the Portfolio shall maintain appropriate  insurance (for example,  fidelity
bonding and errors and omissions insurance) for the protection of the Portfolio,
its investors,  Trustees,  officers, employees and agents covering possible tort
and other liabilities. Thus, the risk of an investor incurring financial loss on
account  of  investor  liability  is  limited  to  circumstances  in which  both
inadequate  insurance  existed and the  Portfolio  itself was unable to meet its
obligations.

         The Portfolio's  Declaration of Trust further provides that obligations
of the  Portfolio are not binding upon the Trustees  individually  but only upon
the property of the  Portfolio  and that the Trustees will not be liable for any
action or failure to act,  but nothing in the  Declaration  of Trust  protects a
Trustee  against any liability to which he would  otherwise be subject by reason
of willful  misfeasance,  bad faith, gross negligence,  or reckless disregard of
the duties involved in the conduct of his office.

         ITEM 19.  PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SECURITIES

         Beneficial  interests  in the  Portfolio  are issued  solely in private
placement  transactions  that do not involve any  "public  offering"  within the
meaning of Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.

         All portfolio  securities for the Portfolio are valued by the amortized
cost  method,  as  permitted  by a rule  adopted by the SEC. The purpose of this
method of calculation is to allow certain investors in the Portfolio to maintain
a constant net asset  value.  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  shortening  the average  portfolio  maturity,
realizing gains or losses, or reducing the aggregate outstanding interests.  Any
reduction of  outstanding  interests will be effected by having each investor in
the Portfolio  contribute to the Portfolio's  capital the necessary amounts on a
pro rata basis.  Each investor in the Portfolio will be deemed to have agreed to
such a contribution in these circumstances by his investment in the Portfolio.

         If the Portfolio  determines  that it would be  detrimental to the best
interest of the remaining  investors in the Portfolio 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 interests  are redeemed in
kind,  the redeeming  investor might incur  transaction  costs in converting the
assets into cash. The method of valuing portfolio  securities is described above
and such  valuation  will be made as of the same  time the  redemption  price is
determined.  The Portfolio  will not redeem in kind except in  circumstances  in
which an investor is permitted to redeem in kind.

         The net asset value of the  Portfolio  will not be computed on a day on
which no orders to purchase or withdraw  beneficial  interests in the  Portfolio
has been received or on the days 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,  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
Portfolio would expect to close for purchases and withdrawals an hour in advance
of the end of trading in the money  markets.  The  Portfolio  may also close for
purchases  and  withdrawals  at such  other  times as may be  determined  by the
Trustees to the extent  permitted by applicable law. The days on which net asset
value is determined are the Portfolio's business days.

         ITEM 20.  TAX STATUS.

         The  Portfolio is organized as a New York trust.  The  Portfolio is not
subject to any income or  franchise  tax in the State of New York.  However each
investor  in the  Portfolio  will be subject to U.S.  Federal  income tax in the
manner  described  below on its  share (as  determined  in  accordance  with the
governing  instruments of the Portfolio) of the Portfolio's  ordinary income and
capital gain in determining its income tax liability.  The determination of such
share will be made in  accordance  with the Code,  and  regulations  promulgated
thereunder.

         Although,  as described  above,  the  Portfolio  will not be subject to
federal income tax, it will file appropriate income tax returns.

         It is intended  that the  Portfolio's  assets will be managed in such a
way that an investor in the Portfolio  will be able to satisfy the  requirements
of  Subchapter M of the Code. To ensure that  investors  will be able to satisfy
the  requirements  of  subchapter M, the  Portfolio  must satisfy  certain gross
income and diversification requirements.

         For the  Portfolio to qualify as a regulated  investment  company under
Subchapter M of the Code,  the Portfolio  limits its  investments so that at the
close of each  quarter  of its  taxable  year (a) no more  than 25% of its total
assets are  invested  in the  securities  of any one issuer,  except  government
securities,  and (b) with regard to 50% of its total assets,  no more than 5% of
its total assets are invested in the securities of a single issuer,  except U.S.
Government securities.

         Gains or losses on sales of  portfolio  securities  will be  treated as
long-term  capital  gains or losses if the  securities  have been held by it for
more than one year.  Long-term  capital  gain of  individual  investors  will be
subject to a reduced rate of tax if the portfolio  securities  have been held by
the  Portfolio for more than one year at the time of sale and will be subject to
a further reduced rate of tax if the portfolio  securities have been held by the
Portfolio  for more than  eighteen  months at the time of sale.  Other  gains or
losses on the sale of securities will be short-term capital gains or losses.

         FOREIGN  INVESTORS.  It is intended that the Portfolio will conduct its
affairs such that its income and gains will not be  effectively  connected  with
the conduct of a U.S.  trade or business.  Provided the  Portfolio  conducts its
affairs  in such a manner,  allocations  of U.S.  source  dividend  income to an
investor who, as to the United States, is a foreign trust,  foreign  corporation
or other foreign investor will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of
30% (or lower treaty rate), and allocations of portfolio interest (as defined in
the  Code)  or short  term or net  long  term  capital  gains to such  investors
generally will not be subject to U.S.
tax.

         STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.  The  Portfolio may be subject to state or local
taxes in jurisdictions in which the Portfolio is deemed to be doing business. In
addition, the treatment of the Portfolio and its investors in those states which
have income tax laws might differ from  treatment  under the federal  income tax
laws.  Investors should consult their own tax advisors with respect to any state
or local taxes.

     FOREIGN TAXES.  The Portfolio may be subject to foreign  withholding  taxes
with respect to income received from sources within foreign countries.

         OTHER TAXATION. The investment by an investor in the Portfolio does not
cause the investor to be liable for any income or franchise  tax in the State of
New York.  Investors  are advised to consult their own tax advisors with respect
to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Portfolio.

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 Fund or the Portfolio.

         ITEM 21.  UNDERWRITERS.

         The exclusive  placement agent for the Portfolio is FDI, which receives
no additional  compensation for serving in this capacity.  Investment companies,
insurance  company  separate  accounts,  common and  commingled  trust funds and
similar organizations and entities may continuously invest in the Portfolio.

         ITEM 22.  CALCULATIONS OF PERFORMANCE DATA.

         Not applicable.

         ITEM 23.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

         The  Portfolio's  November  30,  1998  annual  report  filed  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 30(b) of the 1940 Act and
Rule 30b2-1  thereunder  is  incorporated  herein by  reference  (Accession  No.
0001047469-99-002875, filed February 1, 1999).


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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.

         BB           - Debt  rated BB are  regarded  as having  less  near-term
                      vulnerability  to default than other  speculative  issues.
                      However, they face major ongoing uncertainties or exposure
                      to adverse  business,  financial  or  economic  conditions
                      which  could lead to  inadequate  capacity  to meet timely
                      interest and principal payments.

         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.

         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.

         Ba           - Bonds which are rated Ba are judged to have  speculative
                      elements;   their   future   cannot   be   considered   as
                      well-assured.   Often  the   protection  of  interest  and
                      principal  payments may be very moderate,  and thereby not
                      well  safeguarded  during both good and bad times over the
                      future.  Uncertainty  of position  characterizes  bonds in
                      this class.

         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.

         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.


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                                     PART C

         ITEM 24.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

         (A) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDED IN PART A:

              Not applicable.

              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO PART B:

     The  audited  financial  statements  included  in Part  B,  Item 23 of this
registration statement are as follows:

              Schedule of  Investments  at November 30, 1998 Statement of Assets
              and  Liabilities  at November 30, 1998 Statement of Operations for
              the fiscal year ended November 30, 1998
              Statement  of Changes in Net  Assets  for the fiscal  years  ended
              November 30, 1997 and 1998 Supplementary Data at November 30, 1998
              Notes to Financial Statements, at November 30, 1998

         (B) EXHIBITS

         1    Declaration of Trust, as amended, of the Registrant. 3

         2    Restated By-Laws of the Registrant. 2

     5 Investment  Advisory  Agreement  between the Registrant  and J.P.  Morgan
Investment Management Inc. ("JPMIM"). 3

     5(a) Investment  Advisory  Agreement between the Registrant and J.P. Morgan
Investment Management Inc.4


     8 Custodian Contract between the Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust
Company ("State Street"). 2

     9(a)   Co-Administration   Agreement   between  the  Registrant  and  Funds
Distributor, Inc. dated August 1, 1996 ("Co-Administration Agreement").1

         9(a)(1) Amended Exhibit I to Co-Administration Agreement. 2

     9(b) Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between the Registrant and State
Street. 2

         9(c)         Restated  Administrative  Services  Agreement  between the
                      Registrant    and    Morgan    dated    August   1,   1996
                      ("Administrative Services Agreement"). 1

         9(c)(1) Amended Exhibit I to Administrative Services Agreement. 2

     9(d) Amended and Restated  Portfolio  Fund Services  Agreement  between the
Registrant and Pierpont Group, Inc. dated July 11, 1996. 1

         13   Investment representation letters of initial investors. 3


         27   Financial Data Schedule. 5

         ------------------------

         1    Incorporated  herein  by  reference  from  Amendment  No. 5 to the
              Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the
              Securities and Exchange  Commission (the  "Commission") on October
              8, 1996 (Accession No.0000912057-96-022358).

         2    Incorporated  herein  by  reference  from  Amendment  No. 6 to the
              registration  statement  on Form  N-1A for The U.S.  Fixed  Income
              Portfolio  as filed  with the  Commission  on  February  14,  1997
              (Accession No. 0001016964-97-000020).

         3    Incorporated  herein  by  reference  from  Amendment  No. 6 to the
              Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the
              Commission    on    February    28,    1997     (Accession     No.
              001016964-97-000029).

         4    Incorporated  herein  by  reference  from  Amendment  No. 8 to the
              Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the
              Commission     on     October    1,    1998     (Accession     No.
              0001042058-98-000099).

         5     Filed herewith.

     ITEM 25. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH REGISTRANT.

              Not applicable.

         ITEM 26.  NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.

              Title of Class:                    Beneficial Interests
              Number of Record Holders: 4 (as of January 1, 1999)

         ITEM 27.  INDEMNIFICATION.

              Reference  is  hereby  made  to  Article  V  of  the  Registrant's
Declaration of Trust, filed as an Exhibit hereto.

              The Trustees and officers of the  Registrant  and the personnel of
the  Registrant's  co-administrators  are insured  under an errors and omissions
liability  insurance  policy.  The  Registrant and its officers are also insured
under the fidelity bond required by Rule 17g-1 under the Investment  Company Act
of 1940, as amended.

         ITEM 28.  BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER.

     JPMIM is a Delaware corporation which is a wholly-owned  subsidiary of J.P.
Morgan & Co. Incorporated.

         JPMIM is a registered  investment adviser under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended,  and is a wholly owned  subsidiary of J.P. Morgan & Co.
Incorporated. JPMIM manages employee benefit funds of corporations, labor unions
and  state  and  local  governments  and the  accounts  of  other  institutional
investors, including investment companies.

         To the knowledge of the Registrant,  none of the directors or executive
officers of JPMIM is or has been during the past two fiscal years engaged in any
other  business,  profession,  vocation or employment  of a substantial  nature,
except that certain officers and directors of JPMIM also hold various  positions
with, and engage in business for, J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, which owns all
the outstanding stock of JPMIM.

         ITEM 29.  PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS.

              Not applicable.

         ITEM 30.  LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS.

              The accounts and records of the Registrant  are located,  in whole
or in part, at the office of the Registrant and the following locations:

     J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. and Morgan Trust Guaranty Company of
New York, 522 Fifth Avenue,  New York, New York 10036 and/or 60 Wall Street, New
York, New York  10260-0060  (records  relating to their  functions as investment
adviser and administrative services agent).

              State Street Bank and Trust Company, 225 Franklin Street,  Boston,
Massachusetts  02110 or 40 King Street West,  Toronto,  Ontario,  Canada M5H 3Y8
(records relating to its functions as custodian and fund accounting and transfer
agent).

              Funds  Distributor,  Inc.,  60 State Street,  Suite 1300,  Boston,
Massachusetts 02109 and c/o State Street Cayman Trust Company, Ltd., Elizabethan
Square,  Shedden Road, George Town, Grand Cayman,  Cayman Islands,  BWI (records
relating to its functions as co-administrator and exclusive placement agent).

              Pierpont Group,  Inc., 461 Fifth Avenue,  New York, New York 10017
(records  relating to its assisting the Trustees in carrying out their duties in
supervising the Registrant's affairs).

         ITEM 31.  MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

              Not applicable.

         ITEM 32.  UNDERTAKINGS.

              Not applicable.


<PAGE>


                                    SIGNATURE


              Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Investment  Company Act of
1940,  as  amended,  the  Registrant  has  duly  caused  this  Amendment  to its
Registration  Statement  on  Form  N-1A  to be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, 5th day of March,
1999.

         THE PRIME MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO


         By       /S/ Michael S. Petrucelli
                  --------------------------------------------
                  Michael S. Petrucelli
                  Vice President and Assistant Treasurer


<PAGE>



                                    EXHIBITS

         EXHIBIT NO.  DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

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