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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001752724-21-049227
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20201231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210311
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210311
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210311

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000033934
		IRS NUMBER:				132727013
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-CEN
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-02363
		FILM NUMBER:		21733454

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 PICTORIA DRIVE, SUITE 450
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45246
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(513) 587-3400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 PICTORIA DRIVE, SUITE 450
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45246

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EIS FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020109

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EXCELSIOR INCOME SHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Stockholders and Board of Directors</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>New York, New York</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. (the &ldquo;Fund&rdquo;), as of and for the year ended December 31,
2020, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered its internal
control over financial reporting, including control activities for 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-CEN,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Fund&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The management of the Fund 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 fund&rsquo;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 fund&rsquo;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 fund;
(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 fund are being made only in accordance
with authorizations of management and directors of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a fund&rsquo;s assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Because of 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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">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 combination
of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
of the fund&rsquo;s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Shareholders and Board of Directors</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Our consideration of the Fund&rsquo;s 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 Fund&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting
and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above,
as of December 31, 2020.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">This report is intended solely for the information
and use of management, Shareholders and Board of Directors of Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.</P>

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