EXHIBIT (18)(i)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officer of State Street Master Funds (the "Trust") hereby
constitutes and appoints Julie Tedesco, Esq., and Jennifer Fromm, Esq., each of
them with full powers of substitution, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent to execute in his name and on his behalf in any and all capacities the
Registration Statements on Form N-1A, and any and all amendments thereto, and
all other documents, filed by any fund that has or will invest substantially all
of its investable assets in a Portfolio of the Trust with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC"') under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and (as applicable) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and
all instruments which such attorneys and agents, or any of them, deem necessary
or advisable to enable the Trust or such funds to comply with such Acts, the
rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC, and the securities or Blue Sky
laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC and such other
jurisdictions, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his own act
and deed any and all acts that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Any one of such attorneys and agents
has, and may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand as of the 15th day
of June, 2000.
SIGNATURE TITLE
/s/ James B. Little Treasurer
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James B. Little
