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PRUDENTIAL REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND
Gateway Center Three, 4th Floor
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102
June 7, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Prudential Real Estate Securities Fund
1933 Act File No.: 333-42705
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to
Rule 497 (c) would not have differed from the Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 and (ii)
that the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 was filed electronically on
June 1, 2000.
Prudential Real Estate Securities Fund
/s/ Marguerite E. H. Morrison
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Marguerite E. H. Morrison
Secretary
