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REPORT OF CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Centura Funds, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of
the financial statements of Centura Equity
Growth Fund, Centura Equity Income Fund,
Centura Federal Securities Income Fund and
Centura North Carolina Tax-Free Bond Fund,
separate portfolios of Centura Funds, Inc.
for the year ended April 30, 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 internal control.
The management of Centura Funds, Inc. is
responsible for establishing and maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and
related costs of controls. Generally, controls
that are relevant to an audit pertain to the
entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly
presented in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles. Those controls
include safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in any 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 component 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 performing their assigned functions.
However, we noted no matters involving
internal control, including procedures for
safeguarding securities, that we consider
to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of April 30, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the
information and use of management and
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
New York, New York
May 23, 1997
