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C000400 2773 071 D000400 12 072 A000400 12 072 B000400 7 072 C000400 63 072 D000400 0 072 E000400 0 072 F000400 16 072 G000400 22 072 H000400 0 072 I000400 17 072 J000400 12 072 K000400 0 072 L000400 2 072 M000400 2 072 N000400 30 072 O000400 0 072 P000400 0 072 Q000400 21 072 R000400 2 072 S000400 0 072 T000400 0 072 U000400 1 072 V000400 0 072 W000400 0 072 X000400 125 072 Y000400 93 072 Z000400 38 072AA000400 0 072BB000400 262 072CC010400 0 072CC020400 1887 072DD010400 0 072DD020400 0 072EE000400 0 073 A010400 0.0000 073 A020400 0.0000 073 B000400 0.0000 073 C000400 0.0000 074 A000400 79 074 B000400 0 074 C000400 0 074 D000400 0 074 E000400 0 074 F000400 1531 074 G000400 0 074 H000400 0 074 I000400 0 074 J000400 0 PAGE 19 074 K000400 0 074 L000400 3 074 M000400 14 074 N000400 1627 074 O000400 0 074 P000400 30 074 Q000400 0 074 R010400 0 074 R020400 0 074 R030400 0 074 R040400 21 074 S000400 0 074 T000400 1576 074 U010400 362 074 U020400 0 074 V010400 4.36 074 V020400 0.00 074 W000400 0.0000 074 X000400 66 074 Y000400 0 075 A000400 0 075 B000400 2967 076 000400 0.00 SIGNATURE MICHELLE WHALEN TITLE SR. ADMINISTRATOR EX-27 2 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 0000923184 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS 1 MATTHEWS PACIFIC TIGER FUND - CLASS I 1 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 SEP-30-1997 AUG-31-1998 59,432,558 30,882,295 1,606,274 35,151 253,240 32,776,960 185,563 0 1,126,918 1,312,481 0 70,648,632 7,689,150 3,861,005 75,013 0 (10,708,903) 0 (28,550,263) 31,464,479 922,436 72,641 0 857,151 137,926 (10,655,927) (27,390,703) (37,908,704) 0 109,051 490,577 0 11,658,573 7,939,984 109,556 (12,182,674) 109,395 377,138 0 0 451,119 0 946,170 44,971,320 11.30 .02 (7.18) .01 .06 .00 4.07 1.90 0 0

EX-27 3
6 0000923184 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS 1 MATTHEWS PACIFIC TIGER FUND - CLASS A 1 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 SEP-30-1997 AUG-31-1998 59,432,558 30,882,295 1,606,274 35,151 253,240 32,776,960 185,563 0 1,126,918 1,312,481 0 70,648,632 35,793 0 75,013 0 (10,708,903) 0 (28,550,263) 31,464,479 922,436 72,641 0 857,151 137,926 (10,655,927) (27,390,703) (37,908,704) 0 508 2,286 0 40,296 5,047 544 (12,182,674) 109,395 377,138 0 0 451,119 0 946,170 157,526 10.84 .03 (6.73) .01 .06 .00 4.07 1.91 0 0

EX-27 4
6 0000923184 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS 2 MATTHEWS ASIAN CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND 1 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 SEP-01-1997 AUG-31-1998 5,573,103 3,937,733 59,973 15,757 129,835 4,143,298 0 0 80,601 80,601 0 6,487,385 621,136 526,451 14,166 0 (803,484) 0 (1,635,370) 4,062,697 60,218 103,455 0 91,505 72,168 (548,730) (1,847,576) (2,324,138) 0 56,200 560,367 0 547,648 519,724 66,761 (2,103,295) 0 303,811 0 0 48,161 0 180,825 4,816,076 11.71 0.13 (4.15) 0.10 1.05 0.00 6.54 1.90 0 0

EX-27 5 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 0000923184 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS 3 MATTHEWS KOREA FUND - CLASS I 1 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 SEP-01-1997 AUG-31-1998 85,672,952 71,883,153 367,693 29,556 2,475,618 74,756,020 952,579 0 3,072,782 4,025,361 0 98,314,082 32,886,364 3,125,655 0 0 0 0 (13,789,799) 70,730,659 477,155 95,884 0 1,316,325 (743,286) (13,212,349) (13,075,569) (27,031,204) 0 0 0 0 77,651,372 47,890,663 0 51,374,638 0 (645,352) 0 0 640,716 0 1,331,014 60,605,670 6.19 (0.01) (4.15) 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.03 2.06 0 0

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6 0000923184 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS 3 MATTHEWS KOREA FUND - CLASS A 1 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 SEP-01-1997 AUG-31-1998 85,672,952 71,883,153 367,693 29,556 2,475,618 74,756,020 952,579 0 3,072,782 4,025,361 0 98,314,082 2,046,589 0 0 0 0 0 (13,789,799) 70,730,659 477,155 95,884 0 1,316,325 (743,286) (13,212,349) (13,075,569) (27,031,204) 0 0 0 0 3,061,063 1,014,474 0 51,374,638 0 (645,352) 0 0 640,716 0 1,331,014 3,880,545 5.32 (0.02) (3.29) 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.01 2.68 0 0

EX-27 7 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 0000923184 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS 4 MATTHEWS DRAGON CENTURY CHINA FUND - CLASS I 1 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 SEP-01-1997 AUG-31-1998 3,418,238 1,531,690 3,190 13,812 78,723 1,627,415 0 0 51,421 51,421 0 3,686,805 361,577 0 37,836 0 (262,099) 0 (1,886,548) 1,575,994 63,016 6,606 0 31,786 37,836 (262,099) (1,886,548) (2,110,811) 0 0 0 0 474,122 112,545 0 1,575,994 0 0 0 0 15,893 0 124,524 3,021,344 10.00 0.10 (5.74) 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.36 2.00 0 0

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6 0000923184 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL FUNDS 4 MATTHEWS DRAGON CENTURY CHINA FUND - CLASS A 1 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 SEP-01-1997 AUG-31-1998 3,418,238 1,531,690 3,190 13,812 78,723 1,627,415 0 0 51,421 51,421 0 3,686,805 0 0 37,836 0 (262,099) 0 (1,886,548) 1,575,994 63,016 6,606 0 31,786 37,836 (262,099) (1,886,548) (2,110,811) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,575,994 0 0 0 0 15,893 0 124,524 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0

EX-99 9 Ernst & Young LLP Report of Independent Auditors To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders Matthews International Funds In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Matthews International Funds (comprising of, respectively, the Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund, Matthews Asian Convertible Securities Fund, Matthews Korea Fund and Matthews Dragon Century China Fund) for the year ended August 31, 1998 of the Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund, Matthews Asian Convertible Fund and Matthews Korea Fund, and for the period February 19, 1998 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 1998 of the Matthews Dragon Century China Fund, we considered its internal control structure, including control activities for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the internal control structure. The management of Matthews International Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgements by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition. Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate. Our consideration of the internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving the internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above at August 31, 1998. This report is intended solely for the information and use of the board of trustees and management of Matthews International Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission. San Francisco, California October 9, 1998 ~~-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----~~