The objective of the Fund is to track the performance of the U.S. Treasury (government) bond market for securities with a maturity of between 1 and up to (but not including) 3 years. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg US Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index (the Index) as closely as possible. The Fund invests primarily in securities included in the Index. These securities will include public (government) obligations of the U.S. Treasury with a maturity between 1 and up to (but not including) 3 years. In seeking to track the performance of the Index the Fund will use a a stratified sampling strategy to build a representative portfolio.