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H000900 0 072 I000900 174 072 J000900 96 072 K000900 0 072 L000900 224 072 M000900 22 072 N000900 82 072 O000900 1 072 P000900 0 072 Q000900 161 072 R000900 46 072 S000900 30 PAGE 22 072 T000900 3930 072 U000900 0 072 V000900 0 072 W000900 1393 072 X000900 15078 072 Y000900 8 072 Z000900 1941 072AA000900 155512 072BB000900 68350 072CC010900 38561 072CC020900 0 072DD010900 0 072DD020900 0 072EE000900 0 073 A010900 0.0000 073 A020900 0.0000 073 B000900 0.0000 073 C000900 0.0000 074 A000900 35706 074 B000900 0 074 C000900 0 074 D000900 2482 074 E000900 0 074 F000900 1114600 074 G000900 0 074 H000900 0 074 I000900 0 074 J000900 29827 074 K000900 2 074 L000900 3567 074 M000900 54 074 N000900 1186238 074 O000900 10218 074 P000900 1304 074 Q000900 0 074 R010900 0 074 R020900 0 074 R030900 0 074 R040900 2440 074 S000900 0 074 T000900 1172276 074 U010900 57456 074 U020900 14690 074 V010900 16.59 074 V020900 14.57 074 W000900 0.0000 074 X000900 36105 074 Y000900 0 075 A000900 0 075 B000900 1065654 076 000900 0.00 PAGE 23 028 A011000 2543 028 A021000 0 028 A031000 0 028 A041000 5044 028 B011000 1576 028 B021000 0 028 B031000 0 028 B041000 4601 028 C011000 1742 028 C021000 0 028 C031000 0 028 C041000 3755 028 D011000 1611 028 D021000 0 028 D031000 0 028 D041000 5567 028 E011000 1230 028 E021000 0 028 E031000 0 028 E041000 5298 028 F011000 1703 028 F021000 0 028 F031000 0 028 F041000 5567 028 G011000 10405 028 G021000 0 028 G031000 0 028 G041000 29832 028 H001000 0 029 001000 Y 030 A001000 105 030 B001000 5.25 030 C001000 0.00 031 A001000 3 031 B001000 0 032 001000 102 033 001000 0 034 001000 Y 035 001000 28 036 A001000 N 036 B001000 0 037 001000 Y 038 001000 5 039 001000 Y 040 001000 Y 041 001000 Y 042 A001000 0 042 B001000 0 042 C001000 100 042 D001000 0 042 E001000 0 PAGE 24 042 F001000 0 042 G001000 0 042 H001000 0 043 001000 1004 044 001000 0 055 A001000 N 055 B001000 N 056 001000 Y 057 001000 N 062 A001000 N 062 B001000 0.0 062 C001000 0.0 062 D001000 0.0 062 E001000 0.0 062 F001000 0.0 062 G001000 0.0 062 H001000 0.0 062 I001000 0.0 062 J001000 0.0 062 K001000 0.0 062 L001000 0.0 062 M001000 0.0 062 N001000 0.0 062 O001000 0.0 062 P001000 0.0 062 Q001000 0.0 062 R001000 0.0 066 A001000 Y 066 B001000 N 066 C001000 Y 066 D001000 N 066 E001000 N 066 F001000 N 066 G001000 N 067 001000 N 068 A001000 N 068 B001000 N 069 001000 N 071 A001000 183909 071 B001000 228376 071 C001000 166634 071 D001000 110 072 A001000 12 072 B001000 10 072 C001000 2883 072 D001000 0 072 E001000 0 072 F001000 1585 072 G001000 54 072 H001000 0 072 I001000 32 PAGE 25 072 J001000 27 072 K001000 0 072 L001000 42 072 M001000 19 072 N001000 53 072 O001000 1 072 P001000 0 072 Q001000 44 072 R001000 32 072 S001000 7 072 T001000 1004 072 U001000 0 072 V001000 0 072 W001000 308 072 X001000 3208 072 Y001000 0 072 Z001000 -315 072AA001000 38109 072BB001000 17344 072CC011000 966 072CC021000 0 072DD011000 0 072DD021000 0 072EE001000 0 073 A011000 0.0000 073 A021000 0.0000 073 B001000 0.0000 073 C001000 0.0000 074 A001000 22009 074 B001000 0 074 C001000 0 074 D001000 0 074 E001000 0 074 F001000 158147 074 G001000 0 074 H001000 0 074 I001000 0 074 J001000 0 074 K001000 2158 074 L001000 598 074 M001000 24 074 N001000 182936 074 O001000 233 074 P001000 0 074 Q001000 0 074 R011000 0 074 R021000 0 074 R031000 0 074 R041000 285 074 S001000 0 074 T001000 182418 PAGE 26 074 U011000 5541 074 U021000 3105 074 V011000 21.75 074 V021000 19.91 074 W001000 0.0000 074 X001000 7195 074 Y001000 0 075 A001000 0 075 B001000 195551 076 001000 0.00 028 A011100 19220 028 A021100 0 028 A031100 0 028 A041100 45486 028 B011100 99316 028 B021100 0 028 B031100 0 028 B041100 30710 028 C011100 15571 028 C021100 0 028 C031100 0 028 C041100 27828 028 D011100 20815 028 D021100 0 028 D031100 0 028 D041100 18091 028 E011100 18746 028 E021100 0 028 E031100 0 028 E041100 34404 028 F011100 20173 028 F021100 0 028 F031100 0 028 F041100 20582 028 G011100 193841 028 G021100 0 028 G031100 0 028 G041100 177101 028 H001100 0 029 001100 Y 030 A001100 81 030 B001100 5.25 030 C001100 0.00 031 A001100 1 031 B001100 0 032 001100 80 033 001100 0 034 001100 Y 035 001100 28 036 A001100 N 036 B001100 0 PAGE 27 037 001100 Y 038 001100 6 039 001100 Y 040 001100 Y 041 001100 Y 042 A001100 0 042 B001100 0 042 C001100 100 042 D001100 0 042 E001100 0 042 F001100 0 042 G001100 0 042 H001100 0 043 001100 1605 044 001100 0 049 001100 N 050 001100 N 051 001100 N 052 001100 N 053 A001100 N 055 A001100 Y 055 B001100 Y 056 001100 Y 057 001100 N 062 A001100 N 062 B001100 0.0 062 C001100 0.0 062 D001100 0.0 062 E001100 0.0 062 F001100 0.0 062 G001100 0.0 062 H001100 0.0 062 I001100 0.0 062 J001100 0.0 062 K001100 0.0 062 L001100 0.0 062 M001100 0.0 062 N001100 0.0 062 O001100 0.0 062 P001100 0.0 062 Q001100 0.0 062 R001100 0.0 066 A001100 Y 066 B001100 N 066 C001100 Y 066 D001100 N 066 E001100 N 066 F001100 N 066 G001100 N 067 001100 N 068 A001100 N PAGE 28 068 B001100 N 069 001100 N 070 A011100 Y 070 A021100 N 070 B011100 Y 070 B021100 N 070 C011100 N 070 C021100 N 070 D011100 Y 070 D021100 N 070 E011100 N 070 E021100 N 070 F011100 Y 070 F021100 N 070 G011100 N 070 G021100 N 070 H011100 Y 070 H021100 N 070 I011100 N 070 I021100 N 070 J011100 Y 070 J021100 N 070 K011100 Y 070 K021100 N 070 L011100 Y 070 L021100 N 070 M011100 Y 070 M021100 N 070 N011100 Y 070 N021100 N 070 O011100 Y 070 O021100 Y 070 P011100 Y 070 P021100 N 070 Q011100 N 070 Q021100 N 070 R011100 Y 070 R021100 N 071 A001100 748499 071 B001100 759311 071 C001100 923052 071 D001100 81 072 A001100 12 072 B001100 11 072 C001100 7307 072 D001100 0 072 E001100 0 072 F001100 7683 072 G001100 261 072 H001100 0 072 I001100 122 PAGE 29 072 J001100 62 072 K001100 0 072 L001100 220 072 M001100 21 072 N001100 122 072 O001100 1 072 P001100 10 072 Q001100 143 072 R001100 39 072 S001100 25 072 T001100 2826 072 U001100 0 072 V001100 0 072 W001100 902 072 X001100 12437 072 Y001100 0 072 Z001100 -5119 072AA001100 146300 072BB001100 88392 072CC011100 37153 072CC021100 0 072DD011100 0 072DD021100 0 072EE001100 0 073 A011100 0.0000 073 A021100 0.0000 073 B001100 0.0000 073 C001100 0.0000 074 A001100 40092 074 B001100 0 074 C001100 0 074 D001100 0 074 E001100 0 074 F001100 934017 074 G001100 0 074 H001100 0 074 I001100 0 074 J001100 1485 074 K001100 0 074 L001100 3702 074 M001100 54 074 N001100 979350 074 O001100 7929 074 P001100 1007 074 Q001100 0 074 R011100 0 074 R021100 0 074 R031100 0 074 R041100 1607 074 S001100 0 074 T001100 968807 PAGE 30 074 U011100 17935 074 U021100 40031 074 V011100 16.72 074 V021100 15.36 074 W001100 0.0000 074 X001100 56958 074 Y001100 0 075 A001100 0 075 B001100 948305 076 001100 0.00 062 A001200 N 062 B001200 0.0 062 C001200 0.0 062 D001200 0.0 062 E001200 0.0 062 F001200 0.0 062 G001200 0.0 062 H001200 0.0 062 I001200 0.0 062 J001200 0.0 062 K001200 0.0 062 L001200 0.0 062 M001200 0.0 062 N001200 0.0 062 O001200 0.0 062 P001200 0.0 062 Q001200 0.0 062 R001200 0.0 071 A001200 8490 071 B001200 5718 071 C001200 4046 071 D001200 141 072 A001200 12 074 N001200 2894 074 T001200 2821 075 A001200 0 075 B001200 4289 062 A001300 Y 062 B001300 0.0 062 C001300 0.0 062 D001300 0.0 062 E001300 0.0 062 F001300 0.0 062 G001300 0.0 062 H001300 0.0 062 I001300 0.0 062 J001300 0.0 062 K001300 0.0 062 L001300 0.0 062 M001300 0.0 062 N001300 0.0 PAGE 31 062 O001300 0.0 062 P001300 0.0 062 Q001300 0.0 062 R001300 0.0 071 A001300 0 071 B001300 0 071 C001300 0 071 D001300 0 072 A001300 6 074 N001300 0 074 T001300 0 075 A001300 0 075 B001300 0 028 A011400 66 028 A021400 0 028 A031400 0 028 A041400 339 028 B011400 56 028 B021400 0 028 B031400 0 028 B041400 225 028 C011400 38 028 C021400 0 028 C031400 0 028 C041400 387 028 D011400 64 028 D021400 0 028 D031400 0 028 D041400 350 028 E011400 83 028 E021400 0 028 E031400 0 028 E041400 504 028 F011400 788 028 F021400 0 028 F031400 0 028 F041400 307 028 G011400 1095 028 G021400 0 028 G031400 0 028 G041400 2112 028 H001400 0 029 001400 Y 030 A001400 9 030 B001400 5.25 030 C001400 0.00 031 A001400 0 031 B001400 0 032 001400 9 033 001400 0 034 001400 Y PAGE 32 035 001400 0 036 A001400 N 036 B001400 0 037 001400 Y 038 001400 0 039 001400 Y 040 001400 Y 041 001400 Y 042 A001400 0 042 B001400 0 042 C001400 100 042 D001400 0 042 E001400 0 042 F001400 0 042 G001400 0 042 H001400 0 043 001400 39 044 001400 0 055 A001400 N 055 B001400 N 056 001400 Y 057 001400 N 062 A001400 N 062 B001400 0.0 062 C001400 0.0 062 D001400 0.0 062 E001400 0.0 062 F001400 0.0 062 G001400 0.0 062 H001400 0.0 062 I001400 0.0 062 J001400 0.0 062 K001400 0.0 062 L001400 0.0 062 M001400 0.0 062 N001400 0.0 062 O001400 0.0 062 P001400 0.0 062 Q001400 0.0 062 R001400 0.0 066 A001400 Y 066 B001400 N 066 C001400 Y 066 D001400 N 066 E001400 N 066 F001400 N 066 G001400 N 067 001400 N 068 A001400 N 068 B001400 N 069 001400 N PAGE 33 071 A001400 8284 071 B001400 12276 071 C001400 12981 071 D001400 64 072 A001400 12 072 B001400 0 072 C001400 93 072 D001400 0 072 E001400 0 072 F001400 112 072 G001400 4 072 H001400 0 072 I001400 2 072 J001400 19 072 K001400 0 072 L001400 11 072 M001400 19 072 N001400 62 072 O001400 1 072 P001400 0 072 Q001400 22 072 R001400 25 072 S001400 2 072 T001400 43 072 U001400 0 072 V001400 0 072 W001400 48 072 X001400 370 072 Y001400 164 072 Z001400 -113 072AA001400 2888 072BB001400 1344 072CC011400 0 072CC021400 195 072DD011400 0 072DD021400 0 072EE001400 1091 073 A011400 0.0000 073 A021400 0.0000 073 B001400 0.8776 073 C001400 0.0000 074 A001400 306 074 B001400 0 074 C001400 0 074 D001400 0 074 E001400 0 074 F001400 11949 074 G001400 0 074 H001400 0 074 I001400 0 074 J001400 0 PAGE 34 074 K001400 16 074 L001400 6 074 M001400 35 074 N001400 12312 074 O001400 43 074 P001400 14 074 Q001400 0 074 R011400 0 074 R021400 0 074 R031400 0 074 R041400 60 074 S001400 0 074 T001400 12195 074 U011400 594 074 U021400 530 074 V011400 10.88 074 V021400 10.48 074 W001400 0.0000 074 X001400 496 074 Y001400 0 075 A001400 0 075 B001400 13119 076 001400 0.00 062 A001500 Y 062 B001500 0.0 062 C001500 0.0 062 D001500 0.0 062 E001500 0.0 062 F001500 0.0 062 G001500 0.0 062 H001500 0.0 062 I001500 0.0 062 J001500 0.0 062 K001500 0.0 062 L001500 0.0 062 M001500 0.0 062 N001500 0.0 062 O001500 0.0 062 P001500 0.0 062 Q001500 0.0 062 R001500 0.0 071 A001500 0 071 B001500 0 071 C001500 0 071 D001500 0 072 A001500 6 074 N001500 0 074 T001500 0 075 A001500 0 075 B001500 0 PAGE 35 SIGNATURE MICHAEL D. MARTINS TITLE TREASURER EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR 2 ex99-77b.htm

Exhibit 77(b)

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

The Alger Funds:

 

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The Alger Funds, comprised of Alger Capital Appreciation Fund, Alger Large Cap Growth Fund, Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund, Alger SMid Cap Growth Fund, Alger Small Cap Growth Fund, Alger Growth Opportunities Fund, Alger Health Sciences Fund, and Alger Growth & Income Fund (the “Funds”), as of and for the year ended October 31, 2012, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and trustees of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Funds’ annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

Our consideration of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness, as defined above, as of October 31, 2012.

 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of The Alger Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

 

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

New York, New York

December 21, 2012