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NUVEEN MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
July 2,1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Attention: Filing Desk
Re: Nuveen Municipal Bond Fund
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
File No. 2-57408 (Post-Effective Amendment No.33)
File No. 811-2692 (Amendment No. 24)
Gentlemen:
Nuveen Municipal Bond Fund (the "Registrant") hereby certifies, pursuant to
Rule 497 (j) of the Securities Act of 1933, that (i) the form of prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed under paragraph
(b) or (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from that contained in the above
captioned, most recently filed amendment to the registration statement of the
Registrant (the "Amendment"), and (ii) the text of the Amendment has been filed
electronically.
Nuveen Municipal Bond Fund
By: /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
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Gifford R. Zimmerman, Vice President
