The Hennessy Funds, Inc.
The Courtyard Square
750 Grant Avenue, Suite 100
Novato, CA 94945
October 30, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: File Room
Re: Hennessy Balanced Fund (the "Fund")
File Nos. 333-00227 and 811-7493
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Transmitted herewith pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the
Securities Act of 1933 is certification that the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information with respect to the above
referenced Fund do not differ from those filed in the most
recent post-effective amendment, which was filed electronically
on October 28, 1997.
Respectively,
Teresa M. Nilsen
Vice President & Secretary
