EXHIBIT 1-b Arthur Andersen LLP Suite 1900 717 17th Street Denver, CO 80202-3341 303 295 1900 March 20, 1995 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 5th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Dear Gentlemen: We have read the statements made by South Hertfordshire United Kingdom Fund, Ltd. (formerly Jones United Kingdom Fund, Ltd.) which we understand will be filed with the Commission, pursuant to Item 4 of Form 8-K, as part of the Company's Form 8-K report for the month of March 1995. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K. Very truly yours, /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP