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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm

To the Shareholders and
Board of Trustees of Nuveen Exchange-Traded Funds

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of each of the Nuveen Exchange-Traded
Funds listed in Exhibit A attached hereto (the Funds) for
the year ended March 31, 2005, we considered their
internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our
auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with
the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide
assurance on internal control.

The management of the Funds is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal control.  In
fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits
and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entitys objective of
preparing financial statements for external purposes that
are fairly presented in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles. Those controls include
the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error
or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projection
of any evaluation of internal control to future periods is
subject to the risk that it may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions or that the
effectiveness of the design and operation may
deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in internal control that
might be material weaknesses under standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States). A material weakness is a condition in which the
design or operation of one or more of the internal control
components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in
amounts that would be material in relation to the
financial statements being audited may occur and not be
detected within a timely period by employees in the
normal course of performing their assigned functions.
However, we noted no matters involving internal control
and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as
defined above as of March 31, 2005.

This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management and the Board of Trustees of the Funds
and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other
than these specified parties.




/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP



Chicago, Illinois
May 13, 2005


Exhibit A

Fund

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 2
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio

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