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Exhibit 23 (j)
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Independent Auditors Consent
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information constituting parts of this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 40 to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration
Statement") of our report dated August 14, 1998, relating to the financial
statements and financial highlights appearing in the June 30, 1998 Annual Report
to Shareholders of Xxxxxxxxxx Growth Fund, Xxxxxxxxxx Small Cap Opportunities
Fund, Montgomery Small Cap Fund, Montgomery U.S. Emerging Growth Fund (formerly
Montgomery Micro Cap Fund), Xxxxxxxxxx Equity Income Fund, Xxxxxxxxxx
International Growth Fund, Xxxxxxxxxx International Small Cap Fund, Xxxxxxxxxx
Emerging Markets Fund, Montgomery Emerging Asia Fund, Montgomery Latin America
Fund, Montgomery Global Opportunities Fund, Montgomery Global Communications
Fund, Montgomery Select 50 Fund, Montgomery U.S. Asset Allocation Fund,
Montgomery Total Return Bond Fund, Xxxxxxxxxx Short Duration Government Bond
Fund, Xxxxxxxxxx Government Reserve Fund, Xxxxxxxxxx California Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond Fund, Xxxxxxxxxx California Tax-Free Money Fund, Xxxxxxxxxx
Federal Tax-Free Money Fund (all portfolios of The Xxxxxxxxxx Funds) and our
report dated May 27, 1998, related to the financial statements and financial
highlights appearing in the March 31, 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders of
Xxxxxxxxxx Global Long-Short Fund (a portfolio of The Xxxxxxxxxx Funds II),
which are also incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. We
also consent to the references to us under the heading "Financial Highlights" in
the Prospectus and under the headings "Financial Statements" and "General
Information" in the Statement of Additional Information.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Francisco, CA
January 27, 1999
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