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R010700 0 074 R020700 0 074 R030700 4 074 R040700 240 074 S000700 0 074 T000700 76152 074 U010700 3555 074 U020700 650 074 V010700 18.19 074 V020700 17.66 074 W000700 0.0000 074 X000700 731 074 Y000700 0 075 A000700 0 075 B000700 51293 076 000700 0.00 SIGNATURE ALEX BOGAENKO TITLE CONTROLLER EX-99.77B 3 c31044_ex9977b.txt Ex 99.77b Report of Independent Auditors To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Van Eck Funds In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Van Eck Funds (comprising Global Hard Assets Fund, Emerging Markets Fund, International Investors Gold Fund, and U.S. Government Money Fund) (collectively the "Funds") for the year ended December 31, 2003, 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 Van Eck 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. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition. Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error or fraud 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 one or more of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud 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 and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above at December 31, 2003. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the shareholders, the Board of Trustees of Van Eck 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. ERNST & YOUNG LLP February 24, 2003 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----