EXHIBIT 99 

LISTING OF STATUTORY PROVISIONS THAT THE TRUST AGREES TO COMPLY 
WITH

     The Trust has agreed with the Investors to continue to 
comply with the following sections of the 1940 Act:

     Section 55 (specifying types of assets in which the Trust 
may invest)
     Section 56 (requiring majority of directors to be persons 
who are not interested persons)	Section 57 (restricting 
transactions with related persons) except for Ridgewood Program 
Transactions
     Section 59 (to the extent applying Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 
6, 9, 10(f), 15(a), (c) and (f), 16(b), 17(f)-(j), 19(a), 20(b), 
32(a) and (c), 34, 35(a)-(c), 36, 38(a) and (c), 39, 47, 50, 51, 
52 and 53, but excepting the provisions described below)
     Section 60 (applying certain Section 12 restrictions on 
investment companies)
     Section 61 (applying Section 18 limitations on capital 
structure)
     Section 62 (applying certain Section 21 limitations on loans 
to certain affiliates)
     Section 63 (applying certain Section 23 limitations on 
distribution and repurchase of the Trust's securities)
     Section 64 (applying Section 31 requirements as to books and 
records and authorizing the Commission to prescribe risk 
statements)
     Section 65 (applying Section 48 provisions)

The Trust has not agreed with the Investors to comply with the 
following statutory provisions applying to business investment 
companies:

     Section 33 (requiring filing of legal documents in 
derivative lawsuits with the Commission)
     Section 35(d) (allowing the Commission to challenge names of 
business development companies as being misleading)
     Section 36 (to the extent empowering the Commission to bring 
actions for breach of fiduciary duty, but the Trust covenants 
that Investors shall continue to have the right to bring an 
action for such breach)
     Section 37 (making larceny or embezzlement of Trust funds a 
federal crime, although such actions will remain crimes under 
other federal and state laws.  The Trust cannot create federal 
jurisdiction over a crime by agreement with the Investors.)
     Section 38(b) (governing certain filings with the 
Commission)
     Section 40 (procedures for orders and proceedings)
     Section 41 (hearing procedures)
     Section 42 (power of Commission to investigate and bring 
legal actions)
     Section 43 (procedures for court appeals from Commission)
     Section 44 (federal court jurisdiction)
     Section 45 (public status of documents filed with 
Commission)
     Section 46 (annual reports of Commission)
     Section 49 (criminal penalties)