0001398344-14-005148.txt : 20141117 0001398344-14-005148.hdr.sgml : 20141117 20141002164135 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001398344-14-005148 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20141002 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000880406 IRS NUMBER: 650396889 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 119 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 504 CITY: MIAMI BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33139 BUSINESS PHONE: 3052711900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 119 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 504 CITY: MIAMI BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33139 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST CUBA FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920929 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm fp0011806_corresp.htm
 
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc.
119 Washington Avenue, Suite 504
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 271-1900
 
October 2, 2014
 
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn:  Alberto Zapata, Senior Counsel

 
Re:
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc.
 
 
Registration Statement on Form N-2
 
 
(File Nos. 333-196458 and 811-06445)
 
 
Request for Acceleration of Effective Date
 
Dear Mr. Zapata:
 
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. (the “Registrant”), hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) declare the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 effective on Friday, October 3, 2014, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
 
With respect to our request for acceleration, the Registrant acknowledges that:
 
 
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Should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
 
 
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The action of the Commission or staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the fund from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
 
 
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The Fund may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
 
You may direct any questions or comments concerning this request to John P. Falco, Esq. of Pepper Hamilton LLP (215) 981- 4659 or, in his absence, to John M. Ford, Esq. (215) 981 - 4009.
 
  THE HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Reanna J. M. Lee
    Reanna J.M. Lee
    Secretary and Treasurer