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SIGNATURE DEAN B. HARRIS
TITLE 2VP
October 14, 1997
To the Trustees of
Mutual Fund Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Mutual
Fund Trust (the "Fund") for year ended August 31, 1997, we considered its
internal control, including control activities for safeguarding securities, in
order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgements
by management are required to assess the benefits and related costs of control
activities. Generally, control activities that are relevant to an audit
pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for ex-
ternal purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles. Those control activities include the safeguarding of
assets against unauthorized acquisiation, 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 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 components does not reduce to a relatively low level
the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that would be material in
relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be
detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of perform-
ing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving
internal control, including control activities for safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of August 31,
1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and
the Board of Directors of the Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
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