N-Q 1 form.htm FORM NQ-113 form
    xUNITED STATES 
    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
    Washington, D.C. 20549 
 
 
    FORM N-Q 
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT 
    INVESTMENT COMPANY 
 
Investment Company Act file number 811-_6325 

 
    DREYFUS MIDCAP INDEX FUNDS, INC. 
    (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) 
 
 
    c/o The Dreyfus Corporation 
    200 Park Avenue 
    New York, New York 10166 
    (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) 
 
    Mark N. Jacobs, Esq. 
    200 Park Avenue 
    New York, New York 10166 
    (Name and address of agent for service) 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 922-6000 
 
Date of fiscal year end:    10/31 
 
Date of reporting period:    07/31/04 


FORM N-Q

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

Dreyfus Midcap Index Fund, Inc.         
Statement of Investments         
July 31, 2004 (Unaudited)         
 
Common Stocks--98.1%         
    Shares    Value($) 
Consumer Cyclical--16.0%         
ALLETE    130,774    3,625,055 
Abercrombie & Fitch, Cl. A    140,650    5,187,172 
Aeropostale    82,200 a    2,505,456 
Alaska Air Group    39,537 a    823,555 
AirTran Holdings    124,500 a    1,388,175 
American Eagle Outfitters    106,250 a    3,481,813 
AnnTaylor Stores    101,100 a    2,713,524 
Applebee's International    122,050    3,251,412 
ArvinMeritor    102,843    2,043,490 
BJ's Wholesale Club    103,614 a    2,415,242 
Bandag    28,850    1,288,152 
Barnes & Noble    102,150 a    3,511,917 
Bob Evans Farms    52,194    1,389,404 
Borders Group    114,950    2,628,907 
BorgWarner    82,500    3,893,175 
Boyd Gaming    127,300    3,346,717 
Brinker International    142,806 a    5,113,883 
CBRL Group    72,225 a    2,399,315 
CDW    123,800    7,960,340 
Caesars Entertainment    455,450 a    6,708,779 
Callaway Golf    110,800    1,218,800 
CarMax    153,500 a    3,192,800 
Cheesecake Factory    76,700 a    3,203,759 
Chico's FAS    132,100 a    5,531,027 
Claire's Stores    146,604    3,379,222 
Coach    278,800 a    11,929,852 
Dollar Tree Stores    168,450 a    4,532,990 
Fastenal    112,400 b    7,011,512 
Federal Signal    70,863    1,205,380 
Foot Locker    214,700    4,830,750 
Furniture Brands International    83,000 a    1,907,340 
GTECH Holdings    87,900    3,724,323 
Gentex    114,400    4,095,520 
HNI    86,172    3,485,657 
Harman International Industries    97,800    8,384,394 
Herman Miller    106,710    2,859,828 
International Speedway, Cl. A    78,850    4,103,354 
JetBlue Airways    151,850 a, b    3,615,549 
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts    90,900 a    1,430,766 
Lear    102,050    5,626,017 
Mandalay Resort Group    99,923    6,744,802 
Michaels Stores    101,100    5,462,433 
Modine Manufacturing    50,970    1,511,770 
Mohawk Industries    98,900 a    7,273,106 
99 CENTS Only Stores    107,000 a    1,533,310 
Neiman Marcus Group, Cl. A    73,050    3,984,878 
O'Reilly Automotive    81,100 a    3,283,739 
Outback Steakhouse    110,100    4,471,161 
PETsMART    214,000    6,636,140 
Pacific Sunwear of California    113,600 a    2,317,440 
Payless ShoeSource    100,150 a    1,295,941 
Pier 1 Imports    130,400    2,338,072 
Ross Stores    222,000    5,139,300 
Ruby Tuesday    98,600    2,848,554 
Ruddick    69,050    1,350,618 
Saks    211,480 a    2,759,814 
Sotheby's Holdings, Cl. A    93,087 a    1,487,530 
Superior Industries International    39,250    1,283,082 
Thor Industries    84,600    2,648,826 
Timberland, Cl. A    51,750 a    3,003,570 
Whole Foods Market    91,600    7,540,512 
Williams-Sonoma    172,200 a    5,594,778 
        231,453,700 


    Shares    Value ($) 
Consumer Staples--4.0%         
Blyth    60,400    2,103,128 
Church & Dwight    60,776    2,685,084 
Constellation Brands, Cl. A    158,200 a    5,992,616 
Dean Foods    232,758 a    8,607,391 
Hormel Foods    205,100    6,087,368 
Interstate Bakeries    66,900    657,627 
J.M. Smucker    86,703    3,625,052 
Lancaster Colony    52,849    2,128,758 
PepsiAmericas    203,400    3,817,818 
Sensient Technologies    69,378    1,431,962 
Smithfield Foods    164,350 a    4,657,679 
Tootsie Roll Industries    77,853    2,281,092 
Tupperware    86,800    1,490,356 
Tyson Foods, Cl. A    521,815    9,945,794 
Universal    37,766    1,821,454 
        57,333,179 
Energy--9.2%         
AGL Resources    95,962    2,835,677 
Aqua America    137,500    2,674,375 
Cooper Cameron    79,600 a    4,066,764 
ENSCO International    223,700    6,735,607 
Equitable Resources    92,550    4,745,964 
FMC Technologies    99,511 a    2,985,330 
Forest Oil    86,450 a    2,445,671 
Grant Prideco    181,123 a    3,421,413 
Helmerich & Payne    74,700    1,891,404 
Murphy Oil    136,264    10,538,658 
National Fuel Gas    121,674    3,107,554 
National-Oilwell    127,150 a    4,253,167 
Newfield Exploration    83,500 a    4,932,345 
Noble Energy    86,077    4,760,919 
ONEOK    152,100    3,194,100 
Patterson-UTI Energy    246,400    4,491,872 
Pioneer Natural Resources    178,000    6,416,900 
Plains Exploration & Production    114,100 a    2,378,985 
Pogo Producing    94,600    4,198,348 
Pride International    201,200 a    3,621,600 
Questar    124,146    5,087,503 
Smith International    154,620 a    9,011,253 
Tidewater    89,705    2,722,547 
Varco International    143,748 a    3,474,389 
Vectren    112,425    2,782,519 
WGL Holdings    72,110    1,978,698 
Weatherford International    196,423 a    9,188,668 
Western Gas Resources    109,100    3,675,579 
XTO Energy    383,332    11,461,627 
        133,079,436 


    Shares    Value ($) 
Health Care--9.7%         
Apogent Technologies    132,550 a    4,307,875 
Apria Healthcare Group    73,900 a    2,168,965 
Barr Pharmaceuticals    154,562 a    5,309,205 
Beckman Coulter    91,324    5,038,345 
Cephalon    83,100 a    4,198,212 
Charles River Laboratories International    68,400 a    3,082,788 
Community Health Systems    146,300 a    3,600,443 
Covance    93,050 a    3,414,004 
Coventry Health Care    131,300 a    6,710,743 
Cytyc    163,750 a    3,957,837 
DENTSPLY International    119,250    5,799,127 
Edwards Lifesciences    88,100 a    3,098,477 
First Health Group    135,670 a    1,902,093 
Health Net    167,170 a    4,033,812 
Henry Schein    65,250 a    4,378,275 
Hillenbrand Industries    92,350    5,244,557 
INAMED    52,600 a    2,849,868 
IVAX    292,506 a    6,976,268 
LifePoint Hospitals    56,600 a    1,891,006 
Lincare Holdings    147,350 a    4,706,359 
Millennium Pharmaceuticals    451,462 a    5,020,257 
Omnicare    153,850    4,349,340 
PacifiCare Health Systems    127,672 a    3,902,933 
Par Pharmaceutical    50,800 a    1,912,112 
Patterson    101,300 a    7,437,446 
Perrigo    104,700    1,744,302 
Protein Design Labs    139,450 a    2,259,090 
Renal Care Group    98,900 a    3,150,954 
STERIS    101,950 a    2,096,092 
Sepracor    126,800 a    5,828,996 
Triad Hospitals    112,652 a    3,836,927 
Universal Health Services, Cl. B    86,250    3,925,238 
VISX    72,150 a    1,544,731 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International    124,200    2,174,742 
Varian    101,300 a    6,990,713 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals    116,050 a    1,071,142 
        139,913,274 


    Shares    Value ($) 
Interest Sensitive--18.5%         
A.G. Edwards    118474    3,850,405 
AMB Property    122,400    4,301,136 
Allmerica Financial    78,800 a    2,349,028 
American Financial Group    108,759    3,229,055 
AmeriCredit    233,500 a    4,459,850 
AmerUs Group    58,200 b    2,240,700 
Arthur J. Gallagher Co.    134,450    4,163,916 
Associated Banc-Corp    163,293    4,916,752 
Astoria Financial    115,700    3,952,312 
BISYS Group    178,400 a    2,435,160 
Bank of Hawaii    78,970    3,548,122 
Banknorth Group    255,300    8,146,623 
Brown & Brown    101,900    4,332,788 
Certegy    94,200    3,571,122 
City National    72,257    4,660,577 
Colonial BancGroup    188,450    3,635,200 
Commerce Bancorp    115,400    5,809,236 
Compass Bancshares    181,400    7,997,926 
Cullen/Frost Bankers    76,100    3,273,822 
Eaton Vance    100,150    3,799,691 
Everest Re Group    77,800    6,084,144 
Fidelity National Financial    255,255    9,252,994 
First American    131,800    3,540,148 
FirstMerit    125,650    3,259,361 
Greater Bay Bancorp    76,100    2,005,235 
GreenPoint Financial    195,275    7,934,023 
HCC Insurance Holdings    95,500    2,893,650 
Hibernia, Cl. A    229,850    5,815,205 
Highwoods Properties    79,400    1,842,080 
Horace Mann Educators    63,000    1,055,880 
Hospitality Properties Trust    99,500    3,968,060 
Independence Community Bank    122,900    4,589,086 
IndyMac Bancorp    90,450    3,004,749 
Investors Financial Services    9,790    4,472,072 
Jefferies Group    82,200    2,576,148 
LaBranche & Co.    88,150    721,949 
Legg Mason    98,250    7,716,555 
Liberty Property Trust    125,500    4,819,200 
Mack-Cali Realty    89,700    3,668,730 
Mercantile Bankshares    117,001    5,313,015 
MoneyGram International    131,250 a    2,454,375 
National Commerce Financial    302,265    9,823,613 
New Plan Excel Realty Trust    148,350    3,523,313 
New York Community Bancorp    391,704    7,536,385 
Ohio Casualty    90,850 a    1,698,895 
Old Republic International    269,500    6,276,655 
PMI Group    141,800    5,846,414 
Protective Life    102,750    3,724,688 
Radian Group    139,200    6,405,984 
Raymond James Financial    109,000    2,547,330 
Rayonier    73,416    3,228,836 
SEI Investments    153,300    4,701,711 
Silicon Valley Bancshares    52,350 a    1,916,534 
StanCorp Financial Group    42,750    3,005,325 
TCF Financial    104,450    6,308,780 
United Dominion Realty Trust    189,400    3,672,466 
Unitrin    101,150    4,212,897 
W.R. Berkley    124,250    5,086,795 
Waddell & Reed Financial, Cl. A    122,300    2,375,066 
Washington Federal    116,180    2,910,309 
Webster Financial    78,600    3,687,912 
Westamerica Bancorporation    47,100    2,389,383 
Wilmington Trust    98,400    3,434,160 
        265,973,530 


    Shares    Value ($) 
Producer Goods & Services--14.2%         
AGCO    133,600 a    2,794,912 
Airgas    109,900    2,390,325 
Albemarle    61,500    1,894,200 
Alexander & Baldwin    62,907    2,068,382 
Alliant Techsystems    55,100 a    3,469,096 
Arch Coal    80,900    2,731,993 
Bowater    82,310    3,070,163 
Brink's    84,150    2,722,253 
C.H. Robinson Worldwide    126,600    5,536,218 
CNF    74,800    3,086,248 
Cabot    92,200    3,510,976 
Carlisle Cos.    45,982    2,919,397 
Crompton    168,833    1,007,933 
Cytec Industries    57,600    2,684,160 
D.R. Horton    345,350    9,542,020 
Donaldson    127,916    3,406,403 
Dycom Industries    71,900 a    1,936,986 
Energizer Holdings    121,500 a    4,629,150 
Expeditors International of Washington    155,900    7,235,319 
FMC    53,900 a    2,368,905 
Ferro    61,779    1,230,020 
Flowserve    80,365 a    1,924,741 
GATX    72,996    1,859,938 
Graco    102,850    3,237,718 
Granite Construction    61,287    1,090,295 
Harsco    60,896    2,733,012 
Hovnanian Enterprises, Cl. A    90,600 a    2,811,318 
Hubbell, Cl. B    89,780    4,058,056 
IMC Global    171,522    2,341,275 
J.B. Hunt Transport Services    118,800    4,563,108 
Jacobs Engineering Group    83,342 a    3,332,013 
Kennametal    54,050    2,378,200 
L-3 Communications Holdings    157,000    9,600,550 
Lennar, Cl. A    231,170    9,866,336 
Longview Fibre    75,286 a    971,942 
Lubrizol    76,488    2,648,779 
Lyondell Chemical    263,588 b    4,792,030 
MDU Resources Group    172,950    4,228,628 
Martin Marietta Materials    71,450    3,125,938 
Minerals Technologies    30,450    1,701,242 
Nordson    52,886    2,214,337 
Olin    102,990    1,779,667 
Overseas Shipholding Group    58,270    2,616,906 
P.H. Glatfelter    64,550    860,451 
Packaging Corp of America    157,300    3,674,528 
Peabody Energy    94,700    5,320,246 
Pentair    148,580    4,653,526 
Potlatch    43,650    1,749,929 
Precision Castparts    95,696    5,390,556 
Quanta Services    172,650 a    1,084,242 
RPM International    171,813    2,585,786 
Ryland Group    35,700    2,763,894 
SPX    112,500    4,606,875 
Scotts, Cl. A    48,400 a    2,952,400 
Sequa, Cl. A    15,236 a    795,319 
Sonoco Products    145,043    3,758,064 
Swift Transportation    119,450 a    2,386,014 
Tecumseh Products, Cl. A    27,250    1,112,618 
Teleflex    59,400    2,640,330 
Toll Brothers    110,100 a    4,375,374 
Trinity Industries    69,701    2,095,909 
Valspar    76,050    3,726,450 
Werner Enterprises    117,550    2,342,772 
York International    61,200    2,177,496 
        205,163,867 


    Shares    Value ($) 
Services--10.2%         
Acxiom    127,900    2,813,800 
Alliance Data Systems    118,900 a    4,721,519 
American Greetings    100,900 a    2,352,988 
Banta    36,636    1,454,815 
Belo, Cl. A    171,814    4,017,011 
CSG Systems International    76,650 a    1,257,060 
Career Education    150,000 a    5,071,500 
Catalina Marketing    77,200 a    1,541,684 
Ceridian    220,150 a    3,962,700 
ChoicePoint    130,966 a    5,500,572 
Cognizant Technology Solutions    192,000 a    5,289,600 
Copart    133,300 a    2,965,925 
Corinthian Colleges    133,600 a    2,500,992 
DST Systems    125,100 a    5,699,556 
DeVry    104,200 a    2,422,650 
Dun & Bradstreet    105,400 a    5,917,156 
Education Management    108,400 a    3,009,184 
Emmis Communications, Cl. A    82,350 a    1,623,942 
Entercom Communications    76,300 a    2,933,735 
Fair Isaac    104,600    2,989,468 
Gartner, Cl. A    195,200 a    2,449,760 
Hanover Compressor    113,250 a    1,329,555 
Harte-Hanks    129,175    3,120,868 
ITT Educational Services    67,800 a    2,159,430 
Jack Henry & Associates    133,050    2,561,212 
Keane    93,500 a    1,380,995 
Kelly Services, Cl. A    51,885    1,407,640 
Korn/Ferry International    55,800 a    994,914 
Laureate Education    66,900 a    2,361,570 
Lee Enterprises    66,650    3,102,558 
MPS Group    154,900 a    1,391,002 
Manpower    133,150    5,798,683 
Media General, Cl. A    35,100    2,097,576 
Reader's Digest Association    146,650    2,094,162 
Regis    65,600    2,700,096 
Rent-A-Center    119,100 a    3,494,394 
Republic Services    228,400    6,532,240 
Rollins    67,382    1,559,893 
Scholastic    58,550 a    1,610,711 
Six Flags    137,100 a    647,112 
Stericycle    64,300 a    3,150,700 
Telephone and Data Systems    84,950    6,447,705 
United Rentals    114,300 a    2,267,712 
Valassis Communications    77,200 a    2,257,328 
Washington Post, Cl. B    14,169    12,297,275 
Westwood One    144,750 a    3,445,050 
        146,705,998 


    Shares    Value ($) 
Technology--11.4%         
ADTRAN    117,900    3,149,109 
AMETEK    99,744    3,076,104 
Activision    204,450 a    2,995,193 
Advanced Fibre Communications    130,400 a    2,185,504 
Advent Software    48,850 a    774,761 
Arrow Electronics    170,712 a    4,039,045 
Ascential Software    87,355 a    1,072,719 
Atmel    704,200 a    3,013,976 
Avnet    178,458 a    3,465,654 
Avocent    72,650 a    2,175,141 
Cabot Microelectronics    36,562 a    1,297,585 
Cadence Design Systems    405,060 a    5,456,158 
CheckFree    125,500 a    3,770,020 
CommScope    91,150 a    1,877,690 
Credence Systems    142,000 a    1,272,320 
Cree    110,000 a    2,461,800 
Cypress Semiconductor    182,818 a    2,073,156 
Diebold    107,501    4,955,796 
Fairchild Semiconductor, Cl. A    176,550 a    2,593,519 
Harris    98,600    4,681,528 
Imation    52,500    1,740,375 
Integrated Circuit Systems    107,600 a    2,573,792 
Integrated Device Technology    157,050 a    1,795,082 
International Rectifier    97,850 a    3,835,720 
Intersil, Cl. A    221,400    4,067,118 
KEMET    127,500 a    1,286,475 
LTX    89,900 a    730,887 
Lam Research    198,550 a    4,735,418 
Lattice Semiconductor    166,700 a    816,830 
Macromedia    102,300 a    2,066,460 
Macrovision    73,100 a    1,581,884 
McAfee    244,950 a    4,404,201 
McData, Cl. A    173,050 a    891,208 
Mentor Graphics    103,259 a    1,218,456 
Micrel    136,050 a    1,397,234 
Microchip Technology    308,350    8,932,900 
National Instruments    116,800    3,393,040 
Newport    62,650 a    898,401 
Plantronics    70,650    2,732,742 
Plexus    63,450 a    711,275 
Polycom    148,000 a    2,853,440 
Powerwave Technologies    153,850 a    852,329 
Quantum    265,956 a    648,933 
RF Micro Devices    276,300 a    1,635,696 
RSA Security    91,550 a    1,704,661 
Retek    82,250 a    333,935 
Reynolds & Reynolds, Cl. A    97,002    2,143,744 
SanDisk    239,300 a    5,819,776 
Semtech    111,700 a    2,217,245 
Silicon Laboratories    76,400 a    2,696,156 
Storage Technology    166,326 a    4,149,834 
Sybase    143,600 a    2,092,252 
Synopsys    229,800 a    5,811,642 
3Com    578,300 a    2,851,019 
Tech Data    85,900 a    3,217,814 
Titan    124,350 a    1,488,470 
Transaction Systems Architects, Cl. A    54,750 a    936,225 
TriQuint Semiconductor    200,538 a    812,179 
UTStarcom    168,600 a    3,078,636 
Varian    51,400    1,948,060 
Vishay Intertechnology    237,904 a    3,687,512 
Wind River Systems    120,450 a    1,180,410 
Zebra Technologies, Cl. A    70,600 a    5,833,678 
        164,189,922 


    Shares    Value ($) 
Utilities--4.9%         
Alliant Energy    164,979    4,274,606 
Aquila    288,300 a    945,624 
Black Hills    48,092    1,328,301 
Cincinnati Bell    361,100 a    1,458,844 
DPL    187,450    3,739,628 
Duquesne Light Holdings    112,850    2,140,765 
Energy East    217,076    5,287,971 
Great Plains Energy    109,980    3,155,326 
Hawaiian Electric Industries    119,058    3,039,551 
IDACORP    56,533 a    1,554,658 
Leucadia National    105,000    5,406,450 
NSTAR    78,550    3,676,140 
Northeast Utilities    189,560    3,544,772 
OGE Energy    129,846    3,231,867 
PNM Resources    89,491    1,864,992 
Pepco Holdings    255,103    4,591,854 
Puget Energy    147,040    3,176,064 
SCANA    164,664    6,029,996 
Sierra Pacific Resources    172,811 a    1,420,506 
WPS Resources    55,000    2,523,950 
Westar Energy    126,700    2,555,539 
Wisconsin Energy    175,087    5,629,047 
        70,576,450 
 
Total Common Stocks         
(cost $1,268,036,928)        1,414,389,356 


    Principal     
Short-Term Investments--2.2%    Amount($)    Value($) 
 
Repurchase Agreement--1.8%         
Greenwich Capital Markets, Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement,         
1.3%, dated 7/30/2004, due 8/2/2004 in the         
amount of $25,262,737 (fully collateralized by         
$25,470,000 of various U.S. Government Agency Obligations,         
value $25,768,076)    25,260,000    25,260,000 
U.S. Treasury Bills--.4%         
.92%, 8/12/2004    600,000 c    599,802 
1.11%, 8/26/2004    250,000 c    249,793 
1.25%, 9/2/2004    2,000,000 c    1,997,840 
1.20%, 9/30/2004    3,500,000 c    3,492,370 
 
        6,339,805 
Total Short-Term Investments         
(cost $31,600,434)        31,599,805 
 
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned--.5%    Shares    Value($) 
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Plus fund         
(cost $7,511,210)    7,511,210 d    7,511,210 
 
Total Investments (cost $1,307,148,572)    100.8%    1,453,500,371 
 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables    -0.8%    (11,564,352) 
 
Net Assets    100.0%    1,441,936,019 

a Non-income producing. 
b All or a portion of these securities are on loan. At July 31, 2004, the total market value of the fund's 
securities on loan is $7,056,524 and the total market value of the collateral held is $7,511,210. 
c Partially held by the broker in a segregated account as collateral for open financial futures positions. 
d Investment in affiliated money market mutual funds. 


Statement of Financial Futures                 
July 31, 2004 (Unaudited)                 
 
        Market Value        Unrealized 
        Covered        (Depreciation) 
    Contracts    by Contracts ($)    Expiration    at 7/31/2004 ($) 





Financial Futures Long                 
Standard & Poor's Midcap 400    99    28,665,450    September 2004    (546,375) 


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's most recently ended fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DREYFUS MIDCAP INDEX FUNDS, INC. 
 
 
By:    /s/ Stephen E. Canter 

    Stephen E. Canter 
    President 
 
Date:    _September 17, 2004 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:    /s/ Stephen E. Canter 

Stephen E. Canter
    Chief Executive Officer 
Date:    _September 17, 2004 
 
By:    /s/ James Windels 

James Windels
    Chief Financial Officer 
Date:    _September 17, 2004 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)