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M020800 N 070 N010800 Y 070 N020800 N 070 O010800 Y 070 O020800 N 070 P010800 Y 070 P020800 Y 070 Q010800 N 070 Q020800 N 070 R010800 Y 070 R020800 Y 071 A000800 1262291 071 B000800 1424136 071 C000800 1162831 071 D000800 109 072 A000800 12 072 B000800 62373 072 C000800 3825 072 D000800 0 072 E000800 0 072 F000800 5667 072 G000800 0 072 H000800 0 072 I000800 2389 072 J000800 177 072 K000800 0 072 L000800 142 072 M000800 18 072 N000800 80 072 O000800 0 072 P000800 0 072 Q000800 0 072 R000800 32 072 S000800 7 072 T000800 0 072 U000800 0 072 V000800 0 072 W000800 29 072 X000800 8541 072 Y000800 106 072 Z000800 57763 072AA000800 12507 072BB000800 22066 072CC010800 7361 072CC020800 0 072DD010800 13311 072DD020800 50614 072EE000800 0 073 A010800 0.3320 PAGE 36 073 A020800 0.3465 073 B000800 0.0000 073 C000800 0.0000 074 A000800 0 074 B000800 0 074 C000800 856652 074 D000800 967137 074 E000800 42387 074 F000800 0 074 G000800 0 074 H000800 0 074 I000800 899 074 J000800 37810 074 K000800 0 074 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A000900 N 067 000900 N 068 A000900 N 068 B000900 N 069 000900 N 070 A010900 Y 070 A020900 N 070 B010900 Y 070 B020900 N 070 C010900 Y 070 C020900 N 070 D010900 Y 070 D020900 N 070 E010900 Y PAGE 39 070 E020900 N 070 F010900 Y 070 F020900 N 070 G010900 Y 070 G020900 N 070 H010900 Y 070 H020900 N 070 I010900 N 070 I020900 N 070 J010900 Y 070 J020900 N 070 K010900 Y 070 K020900 N 070 L010900 Y 070 L020900 N 070 M010900 Y 070 M020900 N 070 N010900 Y 070 N020900 N 070 O010900 Y 070 O020900 N 070 P010900 Y 070 P020900 N 070 Q010900 N 070 Q020900 N 070 R010900 Y 070 R020900 N 071 A000900 109407 071 B000900 54915 071 C000900 52178 071 D000900 105 072 A000900 12 072 B000900 367 072 C000900 0 072 D000900 0 072 E000900 0 072 F000900 121 072 G000900 0 072 H000900 0 072 I000900 42 072 J000900 20 072 K000900 0 072 L000900 12 072 M000900 3 072 N000900 23 072 O000900 0 072 P000900 0 072 Q000900 0 072 R000900 15 072 S000900 1 072 T000900 0 PAGE 40 072 U000900 0 072 V000900 0 072 W000900 3 072 X000900 240 072 Y000900 240 072 Z000900 367 072AA000900 48 072BB000900 289 072CC010900 0 072CC020900 716 072DD010900 427 072DD020900 668 072EE000900 0 073 A010900 0.2011 073 A020900 0.2011 073 B000900 0.0000 073 C000900 0.0000 074 A000900 0 074 B000900 0 074 C000900 3772 074 D000900 51542 074 E000900 0 074 F000900 0 074 G000900 0 074 H000900 0 074 I000900 534 074 J000900 0 074 K000900 0 074 L000900 326 074 M000900 38 074 N000900 56212 074 O000900 5554 074 P000900 0 074 Q000900 0 074 R010900 0 074 R020900 0 074 R030900 0 074 R040900 1480 074 S000900 0 074 T000900 49178 074 U010900 2145 074 U020900 2928 074 V010900 9.69 074 V020900 9.69 074 W000900 0.0000 074 X000900 2591 074 Y000900 17564 075 A000900 0 075 B000900 51782 076 000900 0.00 PAGE 41 SIGNATURE GREGORY HAND TITLE ASSISTANT TREASURER EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR 3 schwb77b.txt Report of Independent Accountants To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Schwab Investments: In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Schwab Short/Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund, Schwab Long-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund, Schwab California Short/Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund, Schwab California Long-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund, Schwab Yield Plus Fund, Schwab Short-Term Bond Market Fund, Schwab Total Bond Market Fund, and Schwab GNMA Fund (eight of the portfolios constituting Schwab Investments, hereafter referred to as the "Funds") for the period ended August 31, 2003, we considered their internal control, including control activities for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinions 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 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, errors 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 controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of their 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 as of August 31, 2003. This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of Trustees, management and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP San Francisco, CA October 10, 2003 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----