| We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Bay Capital Corporation as of December 31, 2004 and the related statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America,Government Auditing Standards, issued by the comptroller General of the United States and the Consolidated Audit Guide for Audits of HUD Programs (the “Guide”), HUD Handbook 2000.04 REV-2 CHG-1 issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector General on December 31, 2001. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Bay Capital Corporation as of December 31, 2004 and the results of its operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. |