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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Trustees of the
Northstar Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and financial
highlights of the Northstar Trust, comprising the Northstar Growth + Value
Fund, Northstar International Value Fund (formerly the Brandes International
Fund), Northstar Income and Growth Fund, Northstar High Total Return Fund and
Northstar High Total Return Fund II (collectively, the "Funds"), for the year
ended October 31, 1997, we considered its internal control, including controls
over safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures
for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to
comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the
internal control.
The management of the Funds' is responsible for establishing and maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments
by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs
of controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to
the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external
purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles. These controls include the safeguarding of assets
against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or irregularities
may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal
control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and
operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of any
specific internal control componet does not reduce to a relatively low level
the risk that erros or irregularities in amounts that would be material in
relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be
detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no mattes involving
internal control, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we
consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above, as of October 31, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management of
the Funds' and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
