Exhibit
16.1
January
27, 2006
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F
Street, N. E.
Washington,
DC 20549
Gentlemen:
We
have
read Item 4.01 of the Form 8-K dated January 19, 2006, of Renaissance Capital
Growth and Income Fund III, Inc. We have no basis to agree or disagree with
the
statements made in the first paragraph other than to agree with the statement
that we were dismissed. We make no comment on the first sentence in the second
paragraph and are in agreement with the last sentence of the second paragraph.
With respect to the third paragraph, in order to clarify, we were not able
to
complete our audit of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2003 because we were not able to obtain sufficient evidence related
to the Company’s calculation of advisory fees and accordingly we did not issue a
report. We have no basis to agree or disagree with the statements made in the
fourth paragraph. We agree with the statements made in the fifth paragraph
and
the first sentence in the sixth paragraph. We make no comment on the last
sentence in the sixth paragraph.
/s/
Ernst
& Young LLP