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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT ASIA LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001056108
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-13676-03
		FILM NUMBER:		10634773

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		21 CHURCH STREET #01-01
		STREET 2:		CAPITAL SQUARE TWO
		CITY:			SINGAPORE
		STATE:			U0
		ZIP:			049280
		BUSINESS PHONE:		65 639 2705

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000779336
		IRS NUMBER:				133304681
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-13676-01
		FILM NUMBER:		10634772

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866-839-5205

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST AUSTRALIA FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHILE FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000846676
		IRS NUMBER:				222990009
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-13676
		FILM NUMBER:		10634770

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MGMT, LLC
		STREET 2:		ELEVEN MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123252000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MGMT, LLC
		STREET 2:		ELEVEN MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Aberdeen Asset Management Investment Services LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001352111
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1201

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		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-13676-02
		FILM NUMBER:		10634771

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BOW CHURCHYARD
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC4M9HH
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011442074636000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BOW CHURCHYARD
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC4M9HH
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">File No.&nbsp;812-13676</font></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Before the</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the Matter of
the Third Amended and Restated Application</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Of<br><br></font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE CHILE FUND,
INC.<br>
ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND, INC.<br>
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AND<br>
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT ASIA LIMITED</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1735 Market Street 32</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">nd</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;Floor</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;OF THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 FOR EXEMPTION FROM SECTION&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;OF
SUCH ACT AND RULE 19b-1 THEREUNDER</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;25, 2010</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please
  direct all communications regarding this Application to:</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies
  to:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rose
  F. DiMartino</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lucia
  Sitar</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Willkie
  Farr&nbsp;&amp; Gallagher LLP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen
  Asset Management Inc.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">787
  Seventh Avenue</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1735
  Market Street 32</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">nd</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Floor</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New
  York, New York 10019-6099</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Philadelphia,
  Pennsylvania 19103</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES OF AMERICA<br>
BEFORE THE<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;In the Matter of</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE
  CHILE FUND, INC.</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABERDEEN
  AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND, INC.</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT SERVICES
  LIMITED</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AND</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABERDEEN
  ASSET MANAGEMENT ASIA LIMITED</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THIRD
  AMENDED AND RESTATED APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER PURSUANT TO
  SECTION&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 (THE &#147;ACT&#148;) FOR
  EXEMPTION FROM SECTION&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;OF THE ACT AND RULE 19b-1 THEREUNDER</font></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">File
  No.&nbsp;812-13676</font></b></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Chile Fund&#148;), Aberdeen Australia Equity
Fund,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Australia Fund&#148; and together with the Chile Fund, the &#147;Current
Funds&#148;), Aberdeen Asset Management Investment Services Limited (&#147;Aberdeen&#148;) and
Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited (&#147;Aberdeen Asia&#148; and together with
Aberdeen and the Current Funds, the &#147;Applicants&#148;) hereby submit this Third
Amended and Restated Application for an order (the &#147;Order&#148;) of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;of
the Act providing the Current Funds and each registered closed-end investment
company that is currently advised or to be advised in the future by Aberdeen or
Aberdeen Asia (including any successor in interest)(1)&nbsp;or by an entity
controlling, controlled by or under common control (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(9)&nbsp;of
the Act) with Aberdeen or Aberdeen Asia(2)&nbsp;and that decides in the future
to </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A successor in interest is
limited to entities that result from a reorganization into another jurisdiction
or a change in the type of business organization.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Such investment advisers,
together with Aberdeen and Aberdeen Asia, are referred to herein as the
&#147;Advisers.&#148;&#160; Each Adviser will be
registered with the Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">rely on the Order (such investment companies,
together with the Current Funds, are the &#147;Funds,&#148; and individually, a &#147;Fund&#148;)(3)&nbsp;
an exemption from the provisions of Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;of the Act and Rule&nbsp;19b-1
thereunder, as more fully set forth below.(4)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">I.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Description of Applicants</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Current Funds are each a closed-end management investment company
registered under the Act.&#160; The Current
Funds are each organized as a Maryland corporation.&#160; As of June&nbsp;30, 2009, the Chile Fund had
$170,009,937 in total net assets and 10,167,060 shares of common stock
outstanding, and, as of April&nbsp;30, 2009, the Australia Fund had
$155,023,012 in total net assets and 19,206,969 shares of common stock
outstanding.&#160; The Chile Fund&#146;s investment
objective is to seek total return, consisting of capital appreciation and
income, by investing primarily in Chilean equity and debt securities.&#160; The Australia Fund&#146;s principal investment
objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in
Australian equity securities.&#160; The
Australia Fund&#146;s secondary investment objective is current income.</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The common
stock of each of the Current Funds is listed on the NYSE Amex.&#160; Although the Current Funds have not issued
preferred stock, the board of directors of the Chile Fund (the &#147;Chile Fund
Board&#148;), the Australia Fund (the &#147;Australia Fund Board&#148;) or of another Fund(5)&nbsp;may
authorize the issuance of preferred stock in the future.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any Fund that relies on the
Order will comply with the terms and conditions of this Application.&#160; The only registered closed-end investment
companies that currently intend to rely on the Order are each named as an
Applicant.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On August 24, 1998, the
Commission issued an exemptive order from Section 19(b) of the Act and Rule
19b-1 thereunder to permit the Australia Fund (formerly named The First
Australia Fund, Inc.) to make up to four distributions of net long-term capital
gains in any one taxable year (the &#147;1998 Order&#148;).&#160; <u>The First Australia Fund, Inc.</u>,
Release Nos. IC-23363 (July 28, 1998) (notice of application) and IC-23397
(August 24, 1998) (order).&#160; As a
condition to granting the 1998 Order, the Australia Fund agreed that the 1998
Order would terminate upon the effective date of a registration statement under
the Securities Act of 1933 for any future public offering by the Australia Fund
of its stock subject to certain excepted circumstances.&#160; Currently, the Australia Fund contemplates
making another public offering of its common stock that does not fall within
the exceptions as set forth in the 1998 Order.&#160;
In order to maintain its current distribution policy, the Australia Fund
intends to rely on the Order, which it agrees shall, when issued, supersede the
1998 Order.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Chile Fund
Board, the Australia Fund Board or the board of directors or board of trustees,
as the case may be, of another Fund are each referred to herein as the &#147;Board&#148;
of that Fund.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen, an investment adviser registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (the &#147;Advisers Act&#148;) and regulated in the United Kingdom
by the Financial Services Authority, serves as the investment adviser to the
Chile Fund.&#160; The Chile Fund has entered
into an advisory agreement with Aberdeen pursuant to which Aberdeen provides
investment advisory and portfolio management services to the Chile Fund and is
responsible for its overall management.(6)</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen Asia, an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act,
serves as the investment adviser to the Australia Fund.&#160; The Australia Fund has entered into an
advisory agreement with Aberdeen Asia pursuant to which Aberdeen Asia provides
investment advisory and portfolio management services to the Australia Fund and
is responsible for its overall management.(7)</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen and Aberdeen Asia are direct wholly owned subsidiaries of
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (&#147;Aberdeen PLC&#148;).&#160;
Aberdeen PLC is the parent company of an asset management group managing
assets for both institutional and retail clients from offices around the
world.&#160; As of September&nbsp;31, 2009,
Aberdeen PLC had approximately $233.8 billion in assets under management.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">II.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Relief Requested</u></font></b></p>

<h1 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;of the Act provides that it shall be unlawful
in contravention of such rules, regulations, or orders as the Commission may
prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the
protection of investors for any registered investment company to distribute
long-term capital gains, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the &#147;Code&#148;), more often than once every twelve months.&#160; Rule&nbsp;19b-1 under the Act provides that
no </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Prior to July&nbsp;1,
2009, the date upon which the investment advisory agreement with Aberdeen
became effective, Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC acted as the investment
adviser to the Chile Fund pursuant to an advisory agreement.&#160; The Chile Fund has also entered into a
sub-advisory agreement with Celfin Capital Servicios Financieros S.A.
(&#147;Celfin&#148;) pursuant to which Celfin acts as a sub-adviser to that Fund.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Australia
Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with Aberdeen Asset
Management Limited (&#147;AAML&#148;) pursuant to which AAML acts as sub-adviser to that
Fund.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">registered investment company which is a &#147;regulated
investment company&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;851 of the Code shall make more
than (i)&nbsp;one &#147;capital gain dividend&#148;, as defined in Section&nbsp;852(b)(3)(C)&nbsp;of
the Code, with respect to any one taxable year of the company, (ii)&nbsp;one
additional capital gain distribution made in whole or in part to avoid payment
of excise tax under Section&nbsp;4982 of the Code plus (iii)&nbsp;one
supplemental &#147;clean-up&#148; capital gain dividend otherwise permitted by the Rule&nbsp;or
pursuant to Section&nbsp;855 of the Code, which amount may not exceed 10% of
the total amount distributed for the year.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Applicants believe that Rule&nbsp;19b-1 should be interpreted to
permit a Fund to pay an unlimited number of distributions on its common and any
preferred stock so long as it makes the designation necessary under the Code
and Rule&nbsp;19b-1 to transform such distributions into &#147;capital gain
dividends&#148; restricted by Rule&nbsp;19b-1 only as often as is permitted by Rule&nbsp;19b-1,
even if the Code would then require retroactively spreading the capital gain
resulting from such designation over more than the permissible number of
distributions.&#160; However, in order to
obtain certainty for the Current Funds&#146; proposed or current distribution
policies, as applicable, and distribution policies that may be adopted by other
Funds in the future (each, a &#147;Plan&#148;), in the absence of such an interpretation,
Applicants hereby request an Order pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;of the
Act (see below) granting an exemption from Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;of the Act
and Rule&nbsp;19b-1 thereunder.&#160; The
Order would permit each Fund to make periodic capital gain dividends (as
defined in Section&nbsp;852(b)(3)(C)&nbsp;of the Code), as often as monthly in
any one taxable year in respect of its common stock and as often as specified
by or determined in accordance with the terms thereof in respect of its
preferred stock, if any.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although Applicants do not currently contemplate implementing a Plan
for any preferred stock that may be authorized and issued in the future, the
Funds may wish to do so in the event of such future issuance.&#160; To retain this flexibility and avoid having
to seek additional exemptive </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">relief in the future, Applicants are requesting
relief pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;of the Act from the provisions of Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;of
the Act and Rule&nbsp;19b-1 thereunder to permit a Fund to make periodic
long-term capital gains distributions (as described in Section&nbsp;852(b)(3)(C)&nbsp;of
the Code) on any series of its preferred stock.&#160;
Such distributions would be made as often as are specified in or
pursuant to the terms of such series so long as such Fund maintains in effect a
Plan with regard to such series of its preferred stock of a specific percentage
of liquidation preference of such series of preferred stock, whether such
specified percentage is determined at the time the preferred stock is initially
issued, pursuant to periodic remarketing or auctions or otherwise.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On June&nbsp;25, 2009, the Chile Fund Board adopted a Plan with respect
to the Chile Fund&#146;s common stock (the &#147;Chile Fund Plan&#148;) as described in Section&nbsp;III
of this Application.&#160; At such meeting,
the Chile Fund Board, including a majority of the members who are not &#147;interested
persons&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the Act (&#147;Independent Directors&#148;),
found that adoption of the Chile Fund Plan was in the best interests of the
Chile Fund&#146;s common stockholders.&#160; The
purpose of the Chile Fund Plan is to make fixed periodic distributions to
provide a steady return to the Chile Fund&#146;s common stockholders.&#160; Under the Chile Fund Plan, the Chile Fund
would distribute to its common stockholders a level quarterly distribution at
an annual rate that is a percentage of the rolling average of the Chile Fund&#146;s
prior four quarter-end net asset values.&#160;
The annual distribution rate under the Chile Fund Plan will be
independent of the Chile Fund&#146;s performance in any particular period, but would
be expected not to exceed the Chile Fund&#146;s total return over time.&#160; Except for extraordinary distributions and
except for potential increases in the final period (final two periods in the
case of pay-out policies that pay more often than quarterly) in light of the
Chile Fund&#146;s performance for the entire calendar year and to enable the Chile
Fund to comply with the distribution requirements of Subchapter M of the Code
for the calendar year, each distribution on the common stock would be at the
stated rate then in effect, subject to the </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ability of the Chile Fund Board to change the
distribution rate from time to time if it determines that such change is in the
best interests of the Chile Fund and its stockholders.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On December&nbsp;12, 1997, the Australia Fund instituted a Plan with
respect to the Australia Fund&#146;s common stock (the &#147;Australia Fund Plan&#148;).&#160; The Australia Fund Plan was discontinued on March&nbsp;14,
2002 and subsequently re-instituted on February&nbsp;17, 2004.&#160; In instituting and re-instituting the
Australia Fund Plan, the Australia Fund Board, including a majority of its
Independent Directors, found that the Australia Fund Plan was in the best
interests of the Australia Fund&#146;s common stockholders.&#160; The purpose of the Australia Fund Plan is to
make fixed periodic distributions to provide a steady return to the Australia
Fund&#146;s common stockholders.&#160; Under the
Australia Fund Plan, the Australia Fund would distribute to its common
stockholders a level quarterly distribution at an annual rate that is a
percentage of the rolling average of the Australia Fund&#146;s prior four
quarter-end net asset values.&#160; The annual
distribution rate under the Australia Fund Plan will be independent of the
Australia Fund&#146;s performance in any particular period, but would be expected
not to exceed the Australia Fund&#146;s total return over time.&#160; Except for extraordinary distributions and
except for potential increases in the final period (final two periods in the
case of pay-out policies that pay more often than quarterly) in light of the
Australia Fund&#146;s performance for the entire calendar year and to enable the
Australia Fund to comply with the distribution requirements of Subchapter M of
the Code for the calendar year, each distribution on the common stock is at the
stated rate then in effect.&#160; The Australia
Fund Plan currently pays quarterly distributions at an annual rate, set once a
year, that is a percentage of the rolling average of the Fund&#146;s prior four
quarter-end net asset values.(8)&nbsp; Prior to relying on the Order in
connection with the Australia Fund Plan, the Australia Fund Board will have
taken the </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the requested Order,
the Australia Fund could, in the future, make distributions as frequently as
monthly, and/or change the distribution rate from time to time, if the
Australia Fund&#146;s Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors,
determines that such change is in the best interests of the Australia Fund and
its stockholders.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">actions described in, and the Australia Fund will
have satisfied the representations set forth in, Section&nbsp;III of the
Application.&#160; As noted earlier, the
Order, when issued, will supersede the Australia Fund&#146;s 1998 Order.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">III.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Representations
of the Applicants</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At a meeting of the Chile Fund Board held on June&nbsp;24-25, 2009, the
Chile Fund Board considered the Chile Fund Plan, and the Chile Fund Board,
including a majority of the Independent Directors:</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Adopted the Chile Fund Plan
to make quarterly distributions in respect of the Chile Fund&#146;s outstanding
common stock, based upon a fixed percentage of the net asset value per share (&#147;NAV&#148;).(9)&nbsp;
The rate of distribution under the Chile Fund Plan was determined by the Chile
Fund Board after consideration of circumstances then existing including, among
other things, market conditions and the Chile Fund&#146;s discount or premium
relative to NAV;</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Requested and evaluated, and
Aberdeen furnished, such information as the Chile Fund Board believed was
reasonably necessary for an informed determination that the Chile Fund Plan
should be adopted and implemented;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Determined that adoption and
implementation of the Chile Fund Plan was consistent with the Chile Fund&#146;s
investment objectives and policies and in the best interest of the Chile Fund
and its stockholders after considering the information in Paragraph B above,
including, without limitation:&#160; (a)&nbsp;the
purpose(s)&nbsp;of the Chile Fund Plan as stated above in Section&nbsp;II of
this Application; (b)&nbsp;any potential or actual conflicts of interest that
Aberdeen, any affiliated person of Aberdeen, or any other affiliated person of
the Chile Fund may have relating to the adoption or implementation of the Chile
Fund Plan; (c)&nbsp;whether the rate of </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(9)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Chile Fund
could, in the future, make distributions as frequently as monthly, if the Chile
Fund&#146;s Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, determines
that such change is in the best interests of the Chile Fund and its
stockholders.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">distribution under the Chile Fund Plan will
exceed the Chile Fund&#146;s expected total return (in relation to NAV); and (d)&nbsp;the
reasonably foreseeable material effects of the Chile Fund Plan on the Chile
Fund&#146;s long-term total return (in relation to market price and NAV).</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Prior to implementing the Chile Fund Plan, the Chile Fund Board will
adopt compliance policies and procedures in accordance with Rule&nbsp;38a-1
under the Act (the &#147;19(a)&nbsp;Monitoring Procedures&#148;) that:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">are reasonably
designed to ensure that all notices required to be sent to the Chile Fund&#146;s
stockholders pursuant to Section&nbsp;19(a)&nbsp;of the Act, Rule&nbsp;19a-1
thereunder and condition D below (each a &#147;19(a)&nbsp;Notice&#148;) include the
disclosure required by Rule&nbsp;19a-1 and by condition B.1 below, and that all
other written communications by the Chile Fund or its agents, as described in
condition C below, about the distributions under the Chile Fund Plan include
the disclosure required by condition C as set forth under Section&nbsp;V (&#147;Applicants&#146;
Conditions&#148;) below.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">require the
Chile Fund to keep records that demonstrate compliance with all of the
conditions of the Order and that are necessary for the Chile Fund to form the
basis for, or demonstrate the calculation of, the amounts disclosed in its 19(a)
Notices.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information under Paragraphs A through C above will be recorded
along with the information that the Chile Fund Board considered and the basis
for its approval of the Chile Fund Plan in the Chile Fund Board&#146;s meeting
minutes.&#160; The records of the actions of
the Chile Fund Board will include its approval and adoption of the 19(a)&nbsp;Monitoring
Procedures.&#160; Such records must and will
be made and preserved for a period of not less than six years from the date of
such meetings, the first two years in an easily accessible place, or for such
longer period as may otherwise be required by law.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In order to rely on the Order, a Fund, including the Australia Fund,
must satisfy each of the foregoing representations except that such
representations will be made in respect of actions by the Board of such Fund
and will be made at a future time, and except that the purpose of its Plan may
differ from the purpose of the Chile Fund Plan in that its Plan may be to
distribute a fixed amount or a fixed percentage of net asset value or NAV without
regard to the level of income, appreciation or total return of such Fund over
particular series of dividend periods or with regard to only one or a
combination of such elements over such period of time.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, under any such
Plan such Fund would expect that its distributions would correlate with its
total return over time.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IV.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Justification for the Requested Relief</u></font></b></p>

<h1 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;of the Act provides that the Commission may
exempt any person or transaction from any provision of the Act or any rule&nbsp;under
the Act to the extent that such exemption is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the
purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the Act.&#160; For the reasons set forth below, Applicants
submit that the requested exemption from Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;of the Act and
Rule&nbsp;19b-1 thereunder would be consistent with the standards set forth in Section&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;of
the Act, and would be in the best interests of the Funds and their stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Stockholder
Interests and Market Perception</font></i></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicants believe that, in general, the common stockholders of a Fund
that would rely on the Order are conservative, dividend sensitive investors who
desire current income periodically.&#160;
Common stock of a closed-end fund often trades in the marketplace at a
discount to its NAV.&#160; In the view of the
Applicants, the discount at which a Fund&#146;s common stock may trade may be
reduced if such Fund, consistent with its investment objectives and policies, is
permitted to pay more frequent dividends with respect to its common stock at a
consistent rate, which may require the payment of capital gain dividends more
frequently than is permitted under Rule&nbsp;19b-1</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in order to avoid a return of capital.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Each
Fund&#146;s stockholders would receive information sufficient to clearly inform them
of the nature of the distributions they are receiving.</font></i></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">One of the concerns leading to the enactment of Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;and
adoption of Rule&nbsp;19b-1 was that stockholders might be unable to
distinguish between frequent distributions of capital gains and dividends from
investment income.(10)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">However,
Rule&nbsp;19a-1 under the Act effectively addresses this concern by requiring
that distributions (or the confirmation of the reinvestment thereof) estimated
to be sourced in part from capital gains or capital be accompanied by a
separate statement showing the sources of the distribution (<i>e</i>.<i>g</i>., estimated
net income, net short-term capital gains, net long-term capital gains and/or
return of capital).&#160; The same information
is included in the Funds&#146; annual reports to stockholders.&#160; Further, IRS Form&nbsp;1099-DIV is sent to
each common and preferred stockholder who received distributions during a
particular year (including stockholders who have sold stock during the year).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
addition, each Fund will make the additional disclosures required by the
conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;V of this Application below, and the Funds
will have adopted compliance policies and procedures in accordance with Rule&nbsp;38a-1
under the Act to ensure that all required 19(a)&nbsp;Notices and disclosures
are sent to stockholders.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;19(a),
Rule&nbsp;19a-1, the Plan adopted by a Fund, the conditions in Section&nbsp;V
below, and the compliance policy and procedures ensure that each Fund&#146;s
stockholders would be provided sufficient information to understand that
periodic distributions are not tied to the Fund&#146;s net investment income (which
for this purpose is the Fund&#146;s taxable income other than from capital gains)
and realized capital gains to date, and may not represent yield or investment</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(10)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See Securities
and Exchange Commission 1966 Report to Congress on Investment Company Growth
(H.R. Rep. No.&nbsp;2337, 89th Cong., 2d Sess. 190-95 (1966)); S. Rep. No.&nbsp;91-184,
91st Cong., 1st Sess. 29 (1969); H.R. Rep. No.&nbsp;91-1382, 91st Cong., 2d
Sess. 29 (1970) (the &#147;Report&#148;).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">return.&#160; Further, compliance with each Fund&#146;s
compliance procedures and condition C below will ensure that prospective
stockholders and third parties are provided with the same information.&#160; Accordingly, continuing to subject a Fund,
or, in the case of the Australia Fund, subjecting it upon termination of the
1998 Order, to Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;and Rule&nbsp;19b-1 would afford
stockholders no extra protection.&#160; In
addition, each Fund will undertake to request intermediaries to forward 19(a)&nbsp;Notices
to their customers and to reimburse them for the costs of forwarding.&#160; Such forwarding may occur in any manner
permitted by statute, rule, order or the staff.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Rule&nbsp;19b-1,
under certain circumstances, gives rise to improper influence on portfolio
management decisions, with no offsetting benefit to stockholders.</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rule&nbsp;19b-1, when applied to a periodic fixed distribution policy,
actually gives rise to one of the concerns that Rule&nbsp;19b-1 was intended to
avoid, <i>i.e.</i>, inappropriate influence on
portfolio management decisions.&#160; Funds
that pay long-term capital gain distributions only once per year in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;19b-1 impose no pressure on management to realize long-term
capital gains at any time when purely investment considerations would not
dictate doing so.&#160; However, in the
absence of an exemption from Rule&nbsp;19b-1, periodic distribution policies
impose pressure on management (i)&nbsp;not to realize any net long-term capital
gains until the point in the year that the fund can pay all of its remaining
distributions in accordance with Rule&nbsp;19b-1 and (ii)&nbsp;not to realize
any net long-term capital gains during any particular year in excess of the
amount of the aggregate pay-out for the year (since as a practical matter
excess gains must be distributed and accordingly would not be available to
satisfy pay-out requirements in following years), notwithstanding that purely
investment considerations might favor realization of long-term capital gains at
different times or in different amounts.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No purpose would appear to be served by the distortion in the normal
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Fund that adopts or has adopted a Plan either to retain (and pay taxes on)
long-term capital gains (with </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the resulting additional tax return complexities for
the Fund&#146;s stockholders) or to avoid designating its distributions of long-term
capital gains as capital gain dividends for tax purposes (thereby avoiding a Rule&nbsp;19b-1
problem but providing distributions taxable at ordinary income rates rather
than the much lower long-term capital gain rates for non-corporate stockholders
and being required to pay income tax on the amount of such income).&#160; The desirability of avoiding these anomalous
results creates pressure to limit the realization of long-term capital gains
that otherwise would be taken for purely investment considerations.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Order requested by the Applicants would minimize these anomalous
effects of Rule&nbsp;19b-1 by enabling the Funds to realize, or to continue to
realize in the case of the Australia Fund, long-term capital gains as often as
investment considerations dictate without fear of violating Rule&nbsp;19b-1.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Other
concerns leading to adoption of Rule&nbsp;19b-1 are not applicable.</font></i></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Another concern that led to the enactment of Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;of
the Act and adoption of Rule&nbsp;19b-1 was that frequent capital gain
distributions could facilitate improper fund sales practices, including, in
particular, the practice of urging an investor to purchase shares of a fund on
the basis of an upcoming capital gain dividend (&#147;selling the dividend&#148;), where
the dividend would result in an immediate corresponding reduction in net asset
value and is in effect a taxable return of the investor&#146;s capital.&#160; Applicants submit that this concern should
not apply to closed-end investment companies, such as the Funds, that do not
continuously distribute shares.&#160;
Furthermore, if the underlying concern extends to secondary market
purchases of shares of a Fund that are subject to a large upcoming capital gain
dividend, adoption of a Plan actually helps minimize the concern by avoiding,
through periodic distributions, any build-up of large end-of-the-year
distributions.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicants also submit that the &#147;selling the dividend&#148; concern is not
applicable to preferred stock, which entitles a holder to no more than a
specified periodic dividend at a fixed </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">rate, a rate determined by reference to an objective
rate or index, or a rate determined by the market, and, like a debt security,
is priced based upon its liquidation value, credit quality, dividend rate and
frequency of payment.&#160; Investors buy
preferred stock for the purpose of receiving specific payments at the frequency
bargained for, and any application of Rule&nbsp;19b-1 to preferred stock would
be contrary to the expectation of investors.&#160;
There is also currently a tax rule&nbsp;that provides that any loss
realized by a shareholder upon sale of shares of a regulated investment company
which were held for six months or less be treated as a long-term capital loss
to the extent of any long-term capital gain paid on such shares, to avoid the
selling of dividends.(11)</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Further
Limitations of Rule&nbsp;19b-1</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subparagraphs (a)&nbsp;and (f)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;19b-1 limit the number
of capital gain dividends, as described in Section&nbsp;852(b)(3)(C)&nbsp;of
the Code (&#147;capital gain dividends&#148;), that each Fund may make with respect to
any one taxable year to one, plus one additional capital gain dividend made in
whole or in part to avoid the excise tax under Section&nbsp;4982 of the Code,
plus a supplemental &#147;clean-up&#148; capital gain dividend made pursuant to Section&nbsp;855
of the Code not exceeding 10% of the total amount distributed for the year.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicants assert that by limiting the number of capital gain dividends
that a Fund may make with respect to any one year, Rule&nbsp;19b-1 may prevent
the normal and efficient operation of a periodic distribution plan whenever a
Fund&#146;s realized net long-term capital gains in any year exceed the total of the
periodic distributions that may include such capital gains under the Rule.&#160; Rule&nbsp;19b-1 thus may force the fixed
regular periodic distributions to be funded with returns of capital(12) (to the
extent net investment income and realized short-term capital gains are
insufficient to fund the distribution), even though realized net long-term
capital gains otherwise </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(11)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">See</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Section&nbsp;852(b)(4)(A)&nbsp;of the Code.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(12)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">These would be
returns of capital for financial accounting purposes and not for tax accounting
purposes.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">would be available.&#160;
To distribute all of a Fund&#146;s long-term capital gains within the limits
in Rule&nbsp;19b-1, a Fund may be required to make total distributions in
excess of the annual amount called for by its periodic distribution plan or to
retain and pay taxes on the excess amount.&#160;
Applicants believe that the application of Rule&nbsp;19b-1 to a Fund&#146;s
periodic distribution plan may create pressure to limit the realization of
long-term capital gains based on considerations unrelated to investment goals.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Revenue Ruling 89-81 under the Code requires that a fund that seeks to
qualify as a regulated investment company under the Code and that has both
common stock and preferred stock outstanding designate the types of income, <i>e.g.</i>, investment income and capital gains, in the same
proportion as the total distributions distributed to each class for the tax
year.&#160; To satisfy the proportionate
designation requirements of Revenue Ruling 89-81, whenever a fund has realized
a long-term capital gain with respect to a given tax year, the fund must
designate the required proportionate share of such capital gain to be included
in common and preferred stock dividends. Although Rule&nbsp;19b-1 allows a fund
some flexibility with respect to the frequency of capital gains distributions,
a fund might use all of the exceptions available under Rule&nbsp;19b-1 for a
tax year and still need to distribute additional capital gains allocated to the
preferred stock to comply with Revenue Ruling 89-81.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The potential abuses addressed by Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;and Rule&nbsp;19b-1
do not arise with respect to preferred stock issued by a closed-end fund.&#160; Such distributions are either fixed or are
determined in periodic auctions by reference to short-term interest rates
rather than by reference to performance of the issuer, and Revenue Ruling 89-81
determines the proportion of such distributions that are comprised of the
long-term capital gains.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The proposed Order will assist the Funds in avoiding these Rule&nbsp;19b-1
problems.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">General</font></i></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The relief requested - to permit periodic distributions of capital gain
dividends as often as </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">monthly in respect of common stock and in respect of
preferred stock, if any, as often as specified in its terms - could provide the
Funds with flexibility in meeting potential investor interest in particular
kinds of funds in receiving more frequent distributions.&#160; By reducing the amount of individual periodic
distributions even further, implementation of the additional relief would
actually ameliorate the concerns that gave rise to Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;and Rule&nbsp;19b-1
and help avoid the &#147;selling of dividends&#148; problem, which Section&nbsp;19(b) and
Rule&nbsp;19b-1 are not effective in preventing.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The potential issues under Rule&nbsp;19b-1 are basically not relevant
to distributions on preferred stock.&#160; Not
only are such distributions fixed or determined in periodic auctions or
remarketings by reference to short-term interest rates rather than by reference
to performance of the issuer but also the long-term capital gain component is
mandated by the Internal Revenue Service to be the same proportion as the
proportion of long-term gain dividends bears to the total distributions in
respect of the common stock and consequently the long-term gain component
cannot even be known until the last dividend of the year.&#160; In these circumstance it would be very
difficult for any of the potential abuses reflected in Rule&nbsp;19b-1&#146;s
restrictions to occur.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In summary, Rule&nbsp;19b-1 in the circumstances referred to above
distorts the effective and proper functioning of a Fund&#146;s Plan and gives rise
to the very pressures on portfolio management decisions that Rule&nbsp;19b-1
was intended to avoid.&#160; These distortions
forced by Rule&nbsp;19b-1 would appear to serve no purpose and are not in the
best interests of stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">V.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Applicants&#146; Conditions</u></font></b></p>

<h1 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicants agree that any order of the Commission granting the
requested relief will be subject to the following conditions:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.&#160; <u>Compliance
Review and Reporting</u>.&#160; Each Fund&#146;s
chief compliance officer will:</font></p>

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Fund&#146;s Board, no less frequently than once every three months or at the next
regularly scheduled quarterly Board meeting, whether:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Fund and its Adviser have complied with the
conditions of the Order and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a material compliance matter (as defined in Rule&nbsp;38a-1(e)(2)&nbsp;under
the Act) has occurred with respect to such conditions; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">review the
adequacy of the policies and procedures adopted by the Board no less frequently
than annually.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Disclosures to
Fund Stockholders.</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each 19(a)&nbsp;Notice
disseminated to the holders of the Fund&#146;s common stock, in addition to the
information required by Section&nbsp;19(a)&nbsp;and Rule&nbsp;19a-1:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Will provide, in a tabular or graphical format:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the amount of the distribution, on a per common
share basis, together with the amounts of such distribution amount, on a per
common share basis and as a percentage of such distribution amount, from
estimated: (A)&nbsp;net investment income; (B)&nbsp;net realized short-term capital gains; (C)&nbsp;net
realized long-term capital gains; and (D)&nbsp;return
of capital or other capital source;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the fiscal year-to-date cumulative amount of
distributions, on a per common share basis, together with the amounts of such
cumulative amount, on a per common share basis and as a percentage of such
cumulative amount of distributions, from estimated: (A)&nbsp;net investment
income; (B)&nbsp;net realized
short-term capital gains; (C)&nbsp;net realized long-term capital gains; and (D)&nbsp;return of capital or other
capital source;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the average annual total return in relation to the
change in NAV for the 5-year period (or, if the Fund&#146;s history of operations is
less than five years, the time period commencing immediately following the Fund&#146;s
first public </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">offering)
ending on the last day of the month ended immediately prior to the most recent
distribution record date compared to the current fiscal period&#146;s annualized
distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of the last day of the
month prior to the most recent distribution record date; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the cumulative total return in relation to the
change in NAV from the last completed fiscal year to the last day of the month
prior to the most recent distribution record date compared to the fiscal
year-to-date-cumulative distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as
of the last day of the month prior to the most recent distribution record date;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Such disclosure shall be made in a type size at
least as large and as prominent as the estimate of the sources of the current
distribution; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;Will include the following disclosure:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund&#146;s
investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms
of the Fund&#146;s Plan&#148;;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;The Fund estimates that it has distributed more
than its income and capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution
may be a return of capital.&#160; A return of
capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested
in the Fund is paid back to you.&#160; A
return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund&#146;s
investment performance and should not be confused with &#145;yield&#146; or &#145;income&#146;&#148;;(13)
and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;The amounts and sources of distributions reported
in this 19(a)&nbsp;Notice are </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(13)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The disclosure
in this condition B.1(b)(2)&nbsp;will be included only if the current
distribution or the fiscal year-to-date cumulative distributions are estimated
to include a return of capital.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">only
estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes.&#160; The actual amounts and sources of the amounts
for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund&#146;s investment experience
during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on
tax regulations.&#160; The Fund will send you
a Form&nbsp;1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report
these distributions for federal income tax purposes.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Such
disclosure shall be made in a type size at least as large as and as prominent
as any other information in the 19(a)&nbsp;Notice and placed on the same page&nbsp;in
close proximity to the amount and the sources of the distribution;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On the inside
front cover of each report to stockholders under Rule&nbsp;30e-1 under the Act,
the Fund will:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">describe the terms of the Plan (including the fixed
amount or fixed percentage of the distributions and the frequency of the
distributions);</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">include the disclosure required by condition B.1(b)(1)&nbsp;above;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">state, if applicable, that the Plan provides that
the Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any time without prior notice to
Fund stockholders; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">describe any reasonably foreseeable circumstances
that might cause the Fund to terminate the Plan and any reasonably foreseeable
consequences of such termination; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each report
provided to stockholders under Rule&nbsp;30e-1 under the Act and each
prospectus filed with the Commission on Form&nbsp;N-2 under the Act, will
provide the Fund&#146;s total return in relation to changes in NAV in the financial
highlights table and in any discussion about the Fund&#146;s total return.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Disclosure to
Stockholders, Prospective Stockholders and Third Parties.</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each Fund will
include the information contained in the relevant 19(a)&nbsp;Notice, including
the disclosure required by condition B.1(b)&nbsp;above, in any written
communication (other than a communication on Form&nbsp;1099) about the Plan or distributions
under the Plan by the Fund, or agents that the Fund has authorized to make such
communication on the Fund&#146;s behalf, to any Fund common stockholder, prospective
common stockholder or third-party information provider;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund will
issue, contemporaneously with the issuance of any 19(a)&nbsp;Notice, a press
release containing the information in the 19(a)&nbsp;Notice and file with the
Commission the information contained in such 19(a)&nbsp;Notice, including the
disclosure required by condition B.1(b)&nbsp;above,
as an exhibit to its next filed Form&nbsp;N-CSR; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund will
post prominently a statement on its (or its Adviser&#146;s) Website containing the
information in each 19(a)&nbsp;Notice, including the disclosure required by
condition B.1(b)&nbsp;above, and maintain such information on such Website for
at least 24 months.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">D.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Delivery of 19(a)&nbsp;Notices
to Beneficial Owners</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If
a broker, dealer, bank or other person (&#147;Financial Intermediary&#148;) holds common
stock issued by a Fund in nominee name, or otherwise, on behalf of a beneficial
owner, the Fund:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will request
that the Financial Intermediary, or its agent, forward the 19(a)&nbsp;Notice to
all beneficial owners of the Fund&#146;s shares held through such Financial
Intermediary;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will provide,
in a timely manner, to the Financial Intermediary, or its agent, enough copies
of the 19(a)&nbsp;Notice assembled in the form and at the place that </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the
Financial Intermediary, or its agent, reasonably requests to facilitate the
Financial Intermediary&#146;s sending of the 19(a)&nbsp;Notice to each beneficial
owner of the Fund&#146;s shares; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">upon the
request of any Financial Intermediary, or its agent, that receives copies of
the 19(a)&nbsp;Notice, will pay the Financial Intermediary, or its agent, the
reasonable expenses of sending the 19(a)&nbsp;Notice to such beneficial owners.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">E.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additional
Board Determinations for Funds Whose Common Stock Trades at a Premium</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A Fund&#146;s common
stock has traded on the stock exchange on which it primarily trades at the time
in question at an average premium to NAV equal to or greater than 10%, as
determined on the basis of the average of the discount or premium to NAV of the
Fund&#146;s common stock as of the close of each trading day over a 12-week rolling
period (each such 12-week rolling period ending on the last trading day of each
week); and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund&#146;s
annualized distribution rate for such 12-week rolling period, expressed as a
percentage of NAV as of the ending date of such 12-week rolling period, is
greater than the Fund&#146;s average annual total return in relation to the change
in NAV over the 2-year period ending on the last day of such 12-week rolling
period;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">then:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At the earlier of the next regularly scheduled
meeting or within four months of the last day of such 12-week rolling period,
the Board including a majority of the Independent Directors:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will request and evaluate, and the Fund&#146;s Adviser
will furnish, such </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">information
as may be reasonably necessary to make an informed determination of whether the
Plan should be continued or continued after amendment;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will determine whether continuation, or continuation
after amendment, of the Plan is consistent with the Fund&#146;s investment objective(s)&nbsp;and
policies and is in the best interests of the Fund and its stockholders, after
considering the information in condition E.2(a)(1)&nbsp;above; including,
without limitation: (A)&nbsp;whether the Plan is accomplishing its purpose(s); (B)&nbsp;the
reasonably foreseeable material effects of the Plan on the Fund&#146;s long-term
total return in relation to the market price and NAV of the Fund&#146;s common
stock; and (C)&nbsp;the Fund&#146;s current distribution rate, as described in
condition E.2 above, compared with the Fund&#146;s average annual taxable income or
total return over the 2-year period, as described in condition E.2, or such
longer period as the Board deems appropriate; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">based upon that determination, will approve or
disapprove the continuation, or continuation after amendment, of the Plan; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board will record the information it considers,
including its consideration of the factors listed in condition E.2(a)(2)&nbsp;above,
and the basis for its approval or disapproval of the continuation, or
continuation after amendment, of the Plan in its meeting minutes, which must be
made and preserved for a period of not less than six years from the date of
such meeting, the first two years in an easily accessible place.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">F.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Public
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
Fund will not make a public offering of the Fund&#146;s common stock other than:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a rights
offering below NAV to holders of the Fund&#146;s common stock;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">an offering in
connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, merger, consolidation,
acquisition, spin-off or reorganization of the Fund; or</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">an offering
other than an offering described in conditions F.1 and F.2 above, provided
that, with respect to such other offering:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Fund&#146;s annualized distribution rate for the six
months ending on the last day of the month ended immediately prior to the most
recent distribution record date,(14) expressed as a percentage of NAV as of
such date, is no more than 1 percentage point greater than the Fund&#146;s average
annual total return for the 5-year period ending on such date;(15) and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the transmittal letter accompanying any registration
statement filed with the Commission in connection with such offering discloses
that the Fund has received an order under Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;to permit it
to make periodic distributions of long-term capital gains with respect to its
common stock as frequently as twelve times each year, and as frequently as
distributions are specified by or determined in accordance with the terms of
any outstanding preferred stock as such Fund may issue.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">G.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendments to Rule&nbsp;19b-1.</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
requested order will expire on the effective date of any amendments to Rule&nbsp;19b-1
that provide relief permitting certain closed-end investment companies to make
periodic distributions of long-term capital gains with respect to their
outstanding common stock as </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(14)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If a Fund has
been in operation fewer than six months, the measured period will begin
immediately following the Fund&#146;s first public offering.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(15)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If a Fund has
been in operation fewer than five years, the measured period will begin
immediately following the Fund&#146;s first public offering.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">frequently
as twelve times each year.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VI.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Applicable
Precedent</font></u></b></p>

<h1 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Commission has granted or proposed granting relief substantially the same as
that sought by this Application on several occasions.&#160; In <u>ING Clarion Real Estate Income Fund,</u>
et al., Release Nos. IC-28329 (July&nbsp;8, 2008) (notice of application) and
IC-28352 (August&nbsp;5, 2008) (order), the Commission granted relief
permitting a family of closed-end management investment companies to make
periodic capital gain dividends (as defined in Section&nbsp;852(b)(3)(C)&nbsp;of
the Code) as often as monthly in any one taxable year in respect of their
common stock and as often as specified by or determined in accordance with the
terms thereof in respect of their preferred stock.&#160; Similar relief was granted in <u>The Mexico
Fund Inc.,</u> et al., Release Nos. IC-28332 (July&nbsp;17, 2008) (notice of
application) and IC-28357 (August&nbsp;12, 2008) (order), <u>Cohen&nbsp;&amp;
Steers Advantage Income Realty Fund,&nbsp;Inc.,</u> et al., Release Nos.
IC-28341 (July&nbsp;24, 2008) (notice of application) and IC-28358 (August&nbsp;19,
2008) (order), <u>DNP Select Income Fund,</u> et al., Release Nos. IC-28348 (July&nbsp;31,
2008) (notice of application) and IC-28368 (August&nbsp;26, 2008) (order), <u>Macquarie
Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund Inc.</u>, et al., Release Nos. IC-28579
(January&nbsp;6, 2009) (notice of application) and IC-28611 (February&nbsp;3,
2009) (order), <u>Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund</u>, et al., Release
Nos. IC-28616 (February&nbsp;10, 2009) (notice of application) and IC-28643 (March&nbsp;10,
2009) (order), <u>BlackRock International Growth and Income Trust</u>, et al.,
Release Nos. IC-28690 (April&nbsp;7, 2009) (notice of application) and IC-28719
(May&nbsp;5, 2009) (order), <u>Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend Fund</u>, et al.
Release Nos. IC-28897 (September&nbsp;4, 2009) (notice of application) and
IC-28937 (September&nbsp;30, 2009) (order) and <u>Neuberger Berman Management
LLC</u>, et al. Release Nos. IC-28945 (October&nbsp;14, 2009) (notice of
application) and IC-28994 (November&nbsp;10, 2009) (order).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VII.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Procedural
Compliance</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Boards of the Current Funds have each adopted the following resolutions
authorizing the execution and filing of this Application.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 42.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RESOLVED,
that the officers of the Fund be, and each of them acting singly hereby is
authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Fund, to prepare, execute and file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission an application or applications and
any exhibits and amendments thereto (the &#147;Application&#148;) for the Fund pursuant
to Section&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#147;Act&#148;) for
an order granting exemptions from the provisions of Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;of
and Rule&nbsp;19b-1 under the Act, permitting the Fund to make as many capital
gains distributions in any taxable year as may be necessary for the Fund to
implement its managed, fixed distribution policy, and any other sections of the
Act and the Rules&nbsp;thereunder, as any such officer of the Fund, upon the
advice of counsel, shall deem necessary or appropriate to conduct the Fund&#146;s
business.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 42.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FURTHER
RESOLVED, that the officers of the Fund be, and each of them acting singly
hereby is, authorized to execute and cause to be filed the Application and to
take such further actions and execute and file such further amendments or other
documents as may be necessary, desirable or appropriate to the implementation
and performance of the preceding resolution and the matters contemplated
therein, in consultation with counsel, their execution thereof to be conclusive
evidence of such approval.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;0-2(c)&nbsp;under the Act, each Applicant hereby states that the
person signing and filing this Application on its behalf is fully authorized to
do so, that under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws or
similar governing documents, as applicable, of such Applicant, responsibility
for the management of the affairs of such Applicant is vested in its board of
directors or its officers, as the case may be, and that such Applicant has
complied with all requirements for the execution and filing of this Application
in its name and on its behalf.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">These
verifications required by Rule&nbsp;0-2(d)&nbsp;are attached to this
Application as Exhibits A through D.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160; The address of each of the Applicants is as follows:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c/o
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.<br>
1735 Market Street 32nd Floor <br>
Philadelphia, PA 19103</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen
Australia Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c/o
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1735
Market Street 32nd Floor <br>
Philadelphia, PA 19103</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen
Asset Management Investment Services Limited</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c/o
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.<br>
1735 Market Street 32nd Floor <br>
Philadelphia, PA 19103</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen
Asset Management Asia Limited</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c/o
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.<br>
1735 Market Street 32nd Floor <br>
Philadelphia, PA 19103</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any questions regarding this Application should be
directed to:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rose
F. DiMartino</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Willkie
Farr&nbsp;&amp; Gallagher LLP</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">787
Seventh Avenue</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New
York, NY 10019-6099</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(212)
728-8215</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VIII.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Conclusion</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
the basis of the foregoing, the Applicants respectfully request that the
Commission enter an order pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;of the Act
exempting the Funds from the provisions of Section&nbsp;19(b)&nbsp;of the Act
and Rule&nbsp;19b-1 thereunder to permit each Fund (i)&nbsp;to make capital
gain dividends on its common stock as frequently as once per month so long as
it complies with the conditions of the Order and maintains in effect a Plan
with respect to its common stock calling for periodic distributions of an
amount equal to at least a fixed percentage of such Fund&#146;s net asset value or
market price per common share or equal to at least a fixed dollar amount, and (ii)&nbsp;to
make capital gain dividends on any series of its preferred stock, if any, as
frequently as specified by or pursuant to the terms of such series so long as
it complies with </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the
conditions of the Order and so long as such distributions are a specified
percentage of the liquidation preference of such series of preferred stock,
whether such specified percentage is determined at the time such preferred
stock is initially issued, pursuant to periodic remarketings or auctions or
otherwise.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Lucia Sitar</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: Lucia Sitar</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:
  Vice President</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABERDEEN
  AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND, INC.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Lucia Sitar</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: Lucia Sitar</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:
  Vice President</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABERDEEN
  ASSET MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Andrew Laing</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:
  Andrew Laing</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:
  Authorized Signatory</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABERDEEN
  ASSET MANAGEMENT ASIA LIMITED</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Hugh Young</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:
  Hugh Young</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:
  Authorized Signatory</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABERDEEN
  ASSET MANAGEMENT ASIA LIMITED</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Chong Yoon Chou</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:
  Chong Yoon Chou</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title: Authorized
  Signatory</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated: February&nbsp;25,
  2010</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:85.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.46%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Page</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:85.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Verification
  of The Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:85.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Verification
  of Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">31</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:85.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:85.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Verification
  of Aberdeen Asset Management Investment Services Limited</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:85.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">D.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:85.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Verification
  of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">33</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT A</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VERIFICATION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE CHILE FUND, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned states that she has duly executed the attached Application, dated February&nbsp;25,
2010, for and on behalf of The Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc.; that she is the Vice
President of The Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc.; and that all action by the
stockholders, directors and other bodies of such Applicant necessary to
authorize the undersigned to execute and file such Application has been
taken.&#160; The undersigned further states
that she is familiar with such Application, and the contents thereof, and that
the facts therein set forth are true to the best of her knowledge, information
and belief.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Lucia Sitar</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lucia
  Sitar</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice
  President</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT B</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VERIFICATION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned states that she has duly executed the attached Application, dated February&nbsp;25,
2010, for and on behalf of Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.; that she
is the Vice President of Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.; and that
all action by the stockholders, directors and other bodies of such Applicant
necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such Application has
been taken.&#160; The undersigned further
states that she is familiar with such Application, and the contents thereof,
and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of her knowledge,
information and belief.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Lucia Sitar</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VERIFICATION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned states that he has duly executed the attached Application, dated February&nbsp;25,
2010, for and on behalf of Aberdeen Asset Management Investment Services
Limited; that he is an authorized signatory of Aberdeen Asset Management
Investment Services Limited and that all action necessary to authorize the
undersigned to execute and file such Application has been taken.&#160; The undersigned further states that he is
familiar with such Application, and the contents thereof, and that the facts
therein set forth are true to the best of his knowledge, information and
belief.</font></p>

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  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.08%;">
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  Andrew Laing</font></p>
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  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.08%;">
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  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.08%;">
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32<a name="PB_32_124245_8299"></a></font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT D</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VERIFICATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT ASIA LIMITED</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each
of the undersigned states that he has duly executed the attached Application,
dated February&nbsp;25, 2010, for and on behalf of Aberdeen Asset Management
Asia Limited; that he is an authorized signatory of Aberdeen Asset Management
Asia Limited; and that all action by the stockholders, directors and other
bodies of such Applicant necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and
file such Application has been taken.&#160;
The undersigned further states that he is familiar with such
Application, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are
true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.</font></p>

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