ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT RESERVES INC, 485BPOS, 2000-10-30

ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT RESERVES INC
485BPOS, 2000-10-30

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 27, 2000

File No. 2-63315
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 X
and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF
1940

Amendment No. 28 X

ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT RESERVES
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code:
(800) 221-5672

EDMUND P. BERGAN, JR.
Alliance Capital Management L.P.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
(Name and address of agent for service)

Copies of communications to:
Thomas G. MacDonald, Esq.
Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, New York 10004

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate line)

_____immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
__X__on November 1, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b)
_____60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)
_____on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of rule 485.
_____75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
_____on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

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If appropriate, check the following box:

_____ This post-effective amendment designates a new
effective date for a previously filed post-effective
amendment.

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For more information about the Fund, the following documents are available upon
request:

o Annual/Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders

The Fund's annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders contain additional
information on the Fund's investments.

o Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

The Fund has an SAI, which contains more detailed information about the Fund,
including its operations and investment policies. The Fund's SAI is incorporated
by reference into (and is legally part of) this Prospectus.

You may request a free copy of a current annual/semi-annual report or the SAI,
or make inquiries concerning the Fund, by contacting your broker or other
financial intermediary, or by contacting Alliance:

By mail: c/o Alliance Fund Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 1520
Secaucus, New Jersey 07096

By phone: For Information and Literature: (800) 824-1916

Or you may view or obtain these documents from the Securities and Exchange
Commission:

o Call the Commission at 1-202-942-8090 for information on the operation of
the Public Reference Room.

o Reports and other information about the Fund are available on the EDGAR
Database on the Commission's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov

o Copies of the information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee,
by electronic request at [email protected], or by writing the
Commission's Public Reference Section, Wash. DC 20549-0102

On the Internet: www.sec.gov

You may also find more information about Alliance and the Fund on the Internet
at: www.Alliancecapital.com

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Table of Contents
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RISK/RETURN SUMMARY .............................. 2
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND .................... 3
OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND'S
OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, AND RISKS ................ 3
Investment Objectives and Strategies ........... 3
Risk Considerations ............................ 3
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND ........................... 4
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES ...................... 4
How The Fund Values Its Shares ................. 4
How To Buy Shares .............................. 4
How To Sell Shares ............................. 5
Other .......................................... 5
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES .............. 6
DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS ........................ 6
GENERAL INFORMATION .............................. 6
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ............................. 7
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File No. 811-2888
AGRPRO1100

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Alliance
Government
Reserves

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Prospectus
November 1, 2000

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these
securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to
the contrary is a criminal offense.

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The Fund's investment adviser is Alliance Capital Management L.P., a
global investment manager providing diversified services to institutions and
individuals through a broad line of investments including more than 100 mutual
funds.

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RISK/RETURN SUMMARY
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The following is a summary of certain key information about the Fund. You
will find additional information about the Fund, including a detailed
description of the risks of an investment in the Fund, after this summary.

Objectives: The investment objectives of the Fund are--in the following
order of priority--safety of principal, excellent liquidity and maximum current
income to the extent consistent with the first two objectives.

Principal Investment Strategy: The Fund is a "money market fund" that
seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. The Fund pursues
its objectives by investing in a portfolio of high-quality, U.S. Government
(including its agencies and instrumentalities) and other U.S. dollar-denominated
money market securities.

Principal Risks: The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:

o Interest Rate Risk. This is the risk that changes in interest rates will
adversely affect the yield or value of the Fund's investments in debt
securities.

o Credit Risk. This is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a debt
security will be unable or unwilling to make timely interest or principal
payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The degree of risk for a
particular security may be reflected in its credit rating. Credit risk includes
the possibility that any of the Fund's investments will have its credit ratings
downgraded.

Another important thing for you to note:

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government
agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at
$1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

PERFORMANCE AND BAR CHART INFORMATION

The performance table shows the Fund's average annual total returns and
the bar chart shows the Fund's annual total returns. The table and the bar chart
provide an indication of the historical risk of an investment in the Fund by
showing:

o the Fund's average annual total returns for one, five, and 10 years; and

o changes in the Fund's performance from year to year over 10 years.

The Fund's past performance does not necessarily indicate how it will
perform in the future.

You may obtain current seven-day yield information for the Fund by calling
(800) 221-9513 or your financial intermediary.

PERFORMANCE TABLE

1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
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4.26% 4.61% 4.47%
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BAR CHART

[The following table was depicted as a bar chart in the printed material.]

7.50% 5.39% 3.21% 2.36% 3.27% 5.02% 4.48% 4.67% 4.60% 4.26%

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

Calendar Year End

Through 9/30/00, the year to date unannualized return for the Fund was
4.01%. During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a
quarter was 1.85% (quarter ending June 30, 1990) and the lowest return for a
quarter was 0.57% (quarter ending September 30, 1993).

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FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets) and
Example

The example is to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the
cost of investing in other funds. It assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund
for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of
those periods. It also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year,
the Fund's operating expenses stay the same, and all dividends and distributions
are reinvested. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES EXAMPLE*
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Management Fees...................... .46% 1 Year............... $102
Distribution (12b-1) Fees............ .25% 3 Years.............. $318
Other Expenses....................... .32% 5 Years.............. $552
---- 10 Years............. $1,225
Total Operating Expenses............. 1.03%
Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement*. (.03)%
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Net Expenses......................... 1.00%

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* Reflects Alliance's contractual waiver (which continues from year to year
unless changed by vote of the Fund's shareholders) of a portion of its
advisory fee and/or reimbursement of a portion of the Fund's operating
expenses so that the Fund's expense ratio does not exceed 1.00%.

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OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND'S OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, AND RISKS
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This section of the Prospectus provides a more complete description of the
investment objectives and principal strategies and risks of the Fund.

Please note:

o Additional descriptions of the Fund's strategies and investments, as
well as other strategies and investments not described below, may be found in
the Fund's Statement of Additional Information or SAI.

o There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objectives.

Investment Objectives and Strategies

As a money market fund, the Fund must meet the requirements of Securities
and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7. The Rule imposes strict requirements on the
investment quality, maturity and diversification of the Fund's investments.
Under that Rule, the Fund's investments must each have a remaining maturity of
no more than 397 days and the Fund must maintain an average weighted maturity
that does not exceed 90 days.

The Fund's investments may include:

o marketable obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its
agencies, or instrumentalities, including issues of the U.S. Treasury, such as
bills, certificates of indebtedness, notes, and bonds;

o adjustable rate obligations; and

o repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized.

The Fund may commit up to 15% of its net assets to the purchase of
when-issued U.S. Government securities.

Risk Considerations

The Fund's principal risks are interest rate risk and credit risk. Because
the Fund invests in short-term securities, a decline in interest rates will
affect the Fund's yields as these securities mature or are sold and the Fund
purchases new short-term securities with lower yields. Generally, an increase in
interest rates causes the value of a debt instrument to decrease. The change in
value for shorter-term securities is usually smaller than for securities with
longer maturities. Because the Fund invests in securities with short maturities
and seeks to maintain a

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stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, it is possible, though unlikely, that
an increase in interest rates would change the value of your investment.

Credit risk is the possibility that a security's credit rating will be
downgraded or that the issuer of the security will default (fail to make
scheduled interest and principal payments). The Fund invests in highly-rated
securities to minimize credit risk.

The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in illiquid securities,
including illiquid restricted securities. Investments in illiquid securities may
be subject to liquidity risk, which is the risk that, under certain
circumstances, particular investments may be difficult to sell at an
advantageous price. Illiquid restricted securities also are subject to the risk
that the Fund may be unable to sell the security due to legal or contractual
restrictions on resale.

The Fund also is subject to management risk because it is an actively
managed portfolio. Alliance will apply its investment techniques and risk
analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee
that its techniques will produce the intended result.

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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
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The Fund's investment adviser is Alliance Capital Management L.P., 1345
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105. Alliance is a leading
international investment adviser managing client accounts with assets as of June
30, 2000 totaling more than $388 billion (of which more than $185 billion
represented assets of investment companies). As of June 30, 2000, Alliance
managed retirement assets for many of the largest public and private employee
benefit plans (including 29 of the nation's FORTUNE 100 companies), for public
employee retirement funds in 33 states, for investment companies, and for
foundations, endowments, banks and insurance companies worldwide. The 52
registered investment companies managed by Alliance, comprising 122 separate
investment portfolios, currently have more than 6.1 million shareholder
accounts.

Alliance provides investment advisory services and order placement
facilities for the Fund. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, the Fund paid
Alliance .43% as a percentage of average daily net assets, net of any waivers.
(See the "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" at the beginning of the Prospectus for
more information about fee waivers.)

Alliance makes significant payments from its own resources, which include
the management fees paid by the Fund, to compensate your broker-dealer,
depository institutions, or other persons for providing distribution assistance
and administrative services and to otherwise promote the sale of Fund shares,
including paying for the preparation, printing, and distribution of prospectuses
and sales literature or other promotional activities.

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PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES
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How The Fund Values Its Shares

The Fund's net asset value, or NAV, which is the price at which shares of
the Fund are sold and redeemed, is expected to be constant at $1.00 per share,
although this price is not guaranteed. The NAV is calculated at 12:00 Noon and
4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on each Fund business day (i.e., each weekday exclusive
of days the New York Stock Exchange or the banks in Massachusetts are closed).

To calculate NAV, the Fund's assets are valued and totaled, liabilities
subtracted, and the balance, called net assets, is divided by the number of
shares outstanding. The Fund values its securities at their amortized cost. This
method involves valuing an instrument at its cost and thereafter applying a
constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the
impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the investment.

How To Buy Shares

o Initial Investment

You may purchase the Fund's shares by instructing your Account Executive
to invest in the Fund in connection with your brokerage account.

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You also may purchase the Fund's shares directly from Alliance Fund
Services, Inc., or AFS. To obtain an Application Form, please telephone AFS
toll-free at (800) 237-5822. You also may obtain information about the
Application Form, purchasing shares, or other Fund procedures by calling this
number.

Minimum Investment Amounts

o Initial $1,000
o Subsequent $100
o Minimum Maintenance Amount $500

These minimums do not apply to shareholder accounts maintained through
financial intermediaries, which may maintain their own minimums.

o Subsequent Investments

By Check:

Mail or deliver your check or negotiable draft made payable to your
brokerage firm to your Account Executive, who will deposit it into the Fund.
Please indicate your brokerage account number.

By Sweep:

Your brokerage firm may offer an automatic "sweep" for the Fund in the
operation of brokerage cash accounts for its customers. Contact your Account
Executive to determine if a sweep is available and what the sweep requirements
are.

How To Sell Shares

You may "redeem" your shares (i.e., sell your shares) on any Fund business
day by contacting your Account Executive. If you do not maintain your shares
though a financial intermediary and recently purchased shares by check or
electronic funds transfer, you cannot redeem your investment until the Fund is
reasonably satisfied the check or electronic funds transfer has cleared (which
may take up to 15 days).

You also may redeem your shares:

o By Sweep:

If your brokerage firm offers an automatic sweep arrangement, the sweep
will automatically transfer from your Fund account sufficient amounts to cover a
debit balance that occurs in your brokerage account for any reason.

o By Checkwriting:

With this service, you may write checks made payable to any payee. First,
you must fill out a signature card, which you may obtain from your Account
Executive. There is a charge for check reorders. The checkwriting service
enables you to receive the daily dividends declared on the shares to be redeemed
until the day that your check is presented for payment. You cannot write checks
for more than the principal balance (not including any accrued dividends) in
your account.

Other

The Fund has two transaction times each Fund business day, 12:00 Noon and
4:00 p.m., Eastern time. Investments receive the full dividend for a day if
Federal funds or bank wire monies are received by State Street Bank before 4:00
p.m., Eastern time, on that day.

Redemption proceeds are normally wired the same business day if a
redemption request is received prior to 12:00 p.m., Eastern time. Redemption
proceeds are wired or mailed the same day or the next business day, but in no
event later than seven days, unless redemptions have been suspended or postponed
due to the determination of an "emergency" by the Securities and Exchange
Commission or to certain other unusual conditions. Shares do not earn dividends
on the day a redemption is effected.

The Fund offers a variety of shareholder services. For more information
about these services, telephone AFS at (800) 221-5672.

A transaction, service, administrative or other similar fee may be charged
by your financial broker-dealer, agent, financial representative or other
financial intermediary with respect to the purchase, sale or exchange of shares
made through these financial intermediaries. These financial intermediaries may
also impose requirements with respect to the purchase, sale or exchange of
shares that are different from, or in addition to, those imposed by the Fund.

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DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES
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The Fund's net income is calculated at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, each
business day and paid as dividends to shareholders. The dividends are
automatically invested in additional shares in your account. These additional
shares are entitled to dividends on following days resulting in compounding
growth of income. The Fund expects that its distributions will primarily consist
of net income, or, if any, short-term capital gains as opposed to long-term
capital gains. For Federal income tax purposes, the Fund's dividend
distributions of net income (or short-term capital gains) will be taxable to you
as ordinary income. Any long-term capital gains distributions may be taxable to
you as long-term capital gains. The Fund's distributions also may be subject to
certain state and local taxes.

Each year shortly after December 31, the Fund will send you tax
information stating the amount and type of all of its distributions for the
year.

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DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
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The Fund has adopted a plan under Securities and Exchange Commission Rule
12b-1 that allows it to pay asset-based sales charges or distribution and
service fees in connection with the distribution of its shares. The amount of
these fees is .25% as a percentage of aggregate average daily net assets.
Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over
time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more
than paying other types of sales fees.

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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During drastic economic or market developments, you might have difficulty
in reaching AFS by telephone, in which event you should issue written
instructions to AFS. AFS is not responsible for the authenticity of telephone
requests to purchase or sell shares. AFS will employ reasonable procedures to
verify that telephone requests are genuine and could be liable for losses
resulting from unauthorized transactions if it failed to do so. Dealers and
agents may charge a commission for handling telephone requests. The telephone
service may be suspended or terminated at any time without notice.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the
Fund's financial performance for the past five years. Certain information
reflects financial information for a single Fund share. The total return in the
table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an
investment in the Fund (assuming investment of all dividends and distributions).
The information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Fund's
independent accountants, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 and by other
independent accountants for years prior to June 30, 2000. The report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, along with the Fund's financial statements, appears
in the Fund's Annual Report, which is available upon request.

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Year Ended June 30
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2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period ............... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income .............................. .047(a) .042(a) .046(a) .044 .046(a)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Less: Dividends
Dividends from net investment income ............... (.047) (.042) (.046) (.044) (.046)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Net asset value, end of period ..................... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
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Total Return
Total investment return based on net asset value (b) 4.82% 4.27% 4.74% 4.53% 4.72%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in millions) ............ $5,867 $5,583 $4,909 $3,762 $3,205
Ratio to average net assets of:
Expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements ...... 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Expenses, before waivers and reimbursements ...... 1.03% 1.02% 1.01% 1.00% 1.01%
Net investment income ............................ 4.74%(a) 4.18%(a) 4.63%(a) 4.44% 4.60%(a)
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(a) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by Alliance.

(b) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
at net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
redemption on the last day of the period. Total investment return
calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

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For more information about the Fund, the following documents are available upon
request:

o Annual/Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders

The Fund's annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders contain additional
information on the Fund's investments.

o Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

By mail: c/o Alliance Fund Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 1520
Secaucus, New Jersey 07096

By phone: For Information and Literature: (800) 824-1916

Or you may view or obtain these documents from the Securities and Exchange
Commission:

o Call the Commission at 1-202-942-8090 for information on the operation of
the Public Reference Room.

o Reports and other information about the Fund are available on the
EDGAR Database on the Commission's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov

o Copies of the information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee,
by electronic request at [email protected], or by writing the
Commission's Public Reference Section, Wash. DC 20549-0102

On the Internet: www.sec.gov

You may also find more information about Alliance and the Fund on the Internet
at: www.Alliancecapital.com

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Table of Contents
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RISK/RETURN SUMMARY ........................................................ 2
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND .............................................. 3
OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND'S
OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, AND RISKS .......................................... 3
Investment Objectives and Strategies .................................... 3
Risk Considerations ..................................................... 3
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND ..................................................... 4
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES ................................................ 4
How The Fund Values Its Shares .......................................... 4
How To Buy Shares ....................................................... 4
How To Sell Shares ...................................................... 5
Other ................................................................... 5
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES ........................................ 6
DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS .................................................. 6
GENERAL INFORMATION ........................................................ 6
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ....................................................... 7

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File No. 811-02889
ATRPRO1100

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Alliance
Treasury
Reserves
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Prospectus
November 1, 2000

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these
securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to
the contrary is a criminal offense.

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RISK/RETURN SUMMARY
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Objectives: The investment objectives of the Fund are--in the following
order of priority--safety of principal, excellent liquidity, and maximum current
income to the extent consistent with the first two objectives.

Principal Investment Strategy: The Fund is a "money market fund" that
seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. The Fund pursues
its objectives by investing in a portfolio of high-quality, U.S. Treasury and
other U.S. dollar-denominated money market securities.

Principal Risks: The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:

o Interest Rate Risk. This is the risk that changes in interest rates will
adversely affect the yield or value of the Fund's investments in debt
securities.

Another important thing for you to note:

PERFORMANCE AND BAR CHART INFORMATION

o the Fund's average annual total returns for one and five years and the
life of the Fund; and

o changes in the Fund's performance from year to year over the life of the
Fund.

The Fund's past performance does not necessarily indicate how it will
perform in the future.

You may obtain current seven-day yield information for the Fund by calling
(800) 221-9513 or your financial intermediary.

PERFORMANCE TABLE

Since
1 Year 5 Year Inception*
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3.92% 4.51% 4.31%
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* Inception date:9/1/93.

BAR CHART

[GRAPHIC OMITTED]

[The following table was represented as a bar chart in the printed material.]

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
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n/a n/a n/a n/a 3.73% 5.10% 4.53% 4.66% 4.36% 3.92%

Calendar Year End

Through 9/30/00, the year to date unannualized return for the Fund was
3.72%. During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a
quarter was 1.27% (quarter ending March 31, 1995) and the lowest return for a
quarter was 0.75% (quarter ending March 31, 1994).

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FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets) and
Example

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
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Management Fees ..................................................... .50%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees ........................................... .25%
Other Expenses ...................................................... .25%
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Total Operating Expenses ............................................ 1.00%

EXAMPLE
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1 Year .............................................................. $ 102
3 Years ............................................................. $ 318
5 Years ............................................................. $ 552
10 Years ............................................................ $1,225

This section of the Prospectus provides a more complete description of the
investment objectives and principal strategies and risks of the Fund.

Please note:

o There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objectives.

Investment Objectives and Strategies

The Fund's investments may include:

o issues of the U.S. Treasury, such as bills, certificates of
indebtedness, notes, and bonds;

o adjustable rate obligations; and

o repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized.

The Fund may commit up to 15% of its net assets to the purchase of
when-issued U.S. Government securities.

Risk Considerations

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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
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Alliance provides investment advisory services and order placement
facilities for the Fund. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, the Fund paid
Alliance .50% as a percentage of average daily net assets, net of any waivers.

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PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES
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How The Fund Values Its Shares

How To Buy Shares

o Initial Investment

You may purchase the Fund's shares by instructing your Account Executive
to invest in the Fund in connection with your brokerage account.

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Minimum Investment Amounts
o Initial $1,000
o Subsequent $ 100
o Minimum Maintenance Amount $ 500

These minimums do not apply to shareholder accounts maintained through
financial intermediaries, which may maintain their own minimums.

o Subsequent Investments

o By Check:

Mail or deliver your check or negotiable draft made payable to your
brokerage firm to your Account Executive, who will deposit it into the Fund.
Please indicate your brokerage account number.

o By Sweep:

How To Sell Shares

You also may redeem your shares:

o By Sweep:

o By Checkwriting:

With this service, you may write checks made payable to any payee.
First, you must fill out a signature card, which you may obtain from your
Account Executive. There is a charge for check reorders. The checkwriting
service enables you to receive the daily dividends declared on the shares to be
redeemed until the day that your check is presented for payment. You cannot
write checks for more than the principal balance (not including any accrued
dividends) in your account.

Other

The Fund offers a variety of shareholder services. For more information
about these services, telephone AFS at (800) 221-5672.

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DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES
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Each year shortly after December 31, the Fund will send you tax
information stating the amount and type of all of its distributions for the
year.

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DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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Year Ended June 30
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Net asset value, beginning of period ............... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
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Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income .............................. .044 .039(a) .045(a) .044 (a) .047(a)
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Less: Distributions
Dividends from net investment income ............... (.044) (.039) (.045) (.044) (.047)
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Net asset value, end of period ..................... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Total Return
Total investment return based on net
asset value (b) ................................... 4.47% 3.96% 4.63% 4.53% 4.77%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) ........... $ 785,790 $ 811,752 $ 740,056 $ 704,084 $ 700,558
Ratios to average net assets of:
Expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements ..... 1.00% 1.00% .95% .85% .81%
Expenses, before waivers and reimbursements ..... 1.00% 1.02% 1.01% 1.00% 1.05%
Net investment income ........................... 4.38% 3.88%(a) 4.53%(a) 4.43%(a) 4.64%(a)
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(a) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by Alliance.

(b) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
redemption on the last day of the period. Total investment return
calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

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[LOGO] ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT RESERVES
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P.O. Box 1520, Secaucus, New Jersey 07096-1520
Toll Free (800) 221-5672
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
November 1, 2000

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Investment Objectives and Policies.........................
Investment Restrictions....................................
Management.................................................
Purchase and Redemption of Shares...........................
Additional Information......................................
Daily Dividends-Determination of Net Asset Value............
Taxes.......................................................
General Information.........................................
Financial Statements and Report of Independent Accountants..
Appendix-Commercial Paper and Bond Ratings..................
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This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus but
supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's
current Prospectus dated November 1, 2000. A copy of the
Prospectus may be obtained by contacting the Fund at the address
or telephone number shown above.

(R) This registered service mark used under license from the
owner, Alliance Capital Management L.P.

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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
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The Fund is a series of Alliance Government Reserves
(the "Trust"). The Trust was reorganized in October 1984, as a
Massachusetts business trust, having previously been a Maryland
corporation since its formation in December 1978. The Fund is a
diversified, open-end investment company whose objectives are -
in the following order of priority - safety of principal,
excellent liquidity, and maximum current income to the extent
consistent with the first two objectives. There can be no
assurance, as is true with all investment companies, that the
Fund's objectives will be achieved. The Fund pursues its
objectives by maintaining a portfolio including the following
investments diversified by maturities not exceeding one year or
less (which maturities pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 as amended (the "Act"), may extend to 397
days or such greater length of time as may be permitted from time
to time pursuant to Rule 2a-7):

1. Marketable obligations of, or guaranteed by, the
United States Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.
These include issues of the United States Treasury, such as
bills, certificates of indebtedness, notes and bonds, and issues
of agencies and instrumentalities established under the authority
of an act of Congress. The latter issues include, but are not
limited to, obligations of the Bank for Cooperatives, Federal
Financing Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Intermediate
Credit Banks, Federal Land Banks, Federal National Mortgage
Association and Tennessee Valley Authority. Some of these
securities are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S.
Treasury, others are supported by the right of the issuer to
borrow from the Treasury, and still others are supported only by
the credit of the agency or instrumentality.

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Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street Bank"), the Fund's
Custodian. For each repurchase agreement, the Fund requires
continual maintenance of the market value of the underlying
collateral in amounts equal to, or in excess of, the agreement
amount. While the maturities of the underlying collateral may
exceed 397 days, the term of the repurchase agreement is always
less than 397 days. In the event that a counterparty defaulted
on its repurchase obligation, the Fund might suffer a loss to the
extent that the proceeds from the sale of the collateral were
less than the repurchase price. If the counterparty became
bankrupt, the Fund might be delayed in selling the collateral.
Repurchase agreements often are for short periods such as one day
or a week, but may be longer. Repurchase agreements not
terminable within seven days will be limited to no more than 10%
of the Fund's assets.* Pursuant to Rule 2a-7, a repurchase
agreement is deemed to be an acquisition of the underlying
securities provided that the obligation of the seller to
repurchase the securities from the money market fund is
collateralized fully (as defined in such Rule). Accordingly, the
counterparty of a fully collateralized repurchase agreement is
deemed to be the issuer of the underlying securities.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements. While the Fund has no
present plans to do so, it may enter into reverse repurchase
agreements, which have the characteristics of borrowing and which
involve the sale of securities held by the Fund with an agreement
to repurchase the securities at an agreed-upon price, date and
interest payment.

* As used throughout the Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information, the term "assets" shall refer to
the Fund's total assets.

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meet obligations in respect of reverse repurchase agreements. On
delivery dates for such transactions, the Fund will meet its
obligations from maturities or sales of the securities held in
the separate account and/or from the available cash flow. If the
Fund, however, chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a when-
issued security prior to its acquisition, it can incur a gain or
loss. At the time the Fund makes the commitment to purchase a
security on a when-issued basis, it records the transaction and
reflects the value of the security in determining its net asset
value. No when-issued commitments will be made if, as a result,
more than 15% of the Fund's net assets would be committed.

Floating and Variable Rate Obligations. The Fund may
purchase floating and variable rate obligations, including
floating and variable rate demand notes and bonds. The Fund may
invest in variable and floating rate obligations whose interest
rates are adjusted either at predesignated periodic intervals or
whenever there is a change in the market rate to which the
security's interest rate is tied. The Fund may also purchase
floating and variable rate demand notes and bonds, which are
obligations ordinarily having stated maturities in excess of
13 months, but which permit the holder to demand payment of
principal and accrued interest at any time, or at specified
intervals not exceeding 397 days, in each case upon not more than
30 days' notice.

While there are many kinds of short-term securities used
by money market investors, the Fund, in keeping with its primary
investment objective of safety of principal, generally restricts
its portfolio to the types of investments listed above. Net
income to shareholders is aided both by the Fund's ability to
make investments in large denominations and by its efficiencies
of scale. Also, the Fund may seek to improve its income by
selling certain portfolio securities prior to maturity in order
to take advantage of yield disparities that occur in money
markets. The market value of the Fund's investments tends to
decrease during periods of rising interest rates and to increase
during intervals of falling rates.

Except as otherwise provided, the Fund's investment
policies are not designated "fundamental policies" within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Act") and may, therefore, be changed by the Trustees of the
Trust without a shareholder vote. However, the Fund will not
change its investment policies without contemporaneous written
notice to shareholders.

Rule 2a-7 under the Act. The Fund will comply with Rule
2a-7 under the Act, as amended from time to time, including the
diversification, quality and maturity limitations imposed by the
Rule. To the extent that the Fund's limitations are more

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permissive than Rule 2a-7, the Fund will comply with the more
restrictive provisions of the Rule.

Currently, pursuant to Rule 2a-7, the Fund may invest
only in U.S. dollar-denominated "Eligible Securities" (as that
term is defined in the Rule) that have been determined by the
Adviser to present minimal credit risks pursuant to procedures
approved by the Trustees. Generally, an Eligible Security is a
security that (i) has a remaining maturity of 397 days or less
and (ii) is rated, or is issued by an issuer with short-term debt
outstanding that is rated, in one of the two highest rating
categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations ("NRSROs") or, if only one NRSRO has issued a
rating, by that NRSRO ("the requisite NRSROs"). Unrated
securities may also be Eligible Securities if the Adviser
determines that they are of comparable quality to a rated
Eligible Security pursuant to guidelines approved by the
Trustees. A description of the ratings of some NRSROs appears in
the Appendix attached hereto. Securities in which the Fund
invest may be subject to liquidity or credit enhancements. These
securities are generally considered to be Eligible Securities if
the enhancement or the issuer of the enhancement has received the
appropriate rating from the requisite NRSROs.

Under Rule 2a-7 the Fund may not invest more than five
percent of its assets in the first tier securities of any one
issuer other than the United States Government, its agencies and
instrumentalities. A first tier security is an Eligible Security
that has received a short-term rating from the requisite NRSROs
in the highest short-term rating category for debt obligations or
is an unrated security deemed to be of comparable quality.
Government securities are considered to be first tier securities.
In addition, the Fund may not invest in a security that has
received, or is deemed comparable in quality to a security that
has received, the second highest rating by the requisite number
of NRSROs (a "second tier security") if immediately after the
acquisition thereof the Fund would have invested more than
(A) the greater of one percent of its total assets or one million
dollars in securities issued by that issuer which are second tier
securities, or (B) five percent of its total assets in second
tier securities.

Senior Securities. The Fund will not issue senior
securities except as permitted by the Act or the rules,
regulations, or interpretations thereof.

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INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
_______________________________________________________________

The foregoing investment objectives and policies and the
following restrictions may not, except as otherwise indicated, be
changed without the approval of a majority of the Fund's
outstanding shares. As used in this prospectus, the term
"majority of the Fund's outstanding shares" means the affirmative
vote of the holders of (a) 67% or more of the shares represented
at a meeting at which more than 50% of the outstanding shares are
represented or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding shares,
whichever is less. If a percentage restriction is adhered to at
the time of an investment, a later increase or decrease in
percentage resulting from a change in value of portfolio
securities or in amount of the Fund's assets will not constitute
a violation of that restriction.

The Fund:

1. May not purchase any security which has a maturity
date more than one year** from the date of the Fund's purchase;

2. May not purchase securities other than marketable
obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States Government,
its agencies or instrumentalities, or repurchase agreements
pertaining thereto;

3. May not enter into repurchase agreements if, as a
result thereof, more than 10% of the Fund's assets would be
subject to repurchase agreements not terminable within seven days
(which may be considered to be illiquid) or with any one
seller*** if, as a result thereof, more than 5% of the Fund's
assets would be invested in repurchase agreements purchased from
such seller; and may not enter into any reverse repurchase
agreements if, as a result thereof, the Fund's obligations with
respect to reverse repurchase agreements would exceed 10% of the
Fund's assets;

4. May not borrow money except from banks on a
temporary basis or via entering into reverse repurchase
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** Which maturity, pursuant to Rule 2a-7, may extend to 397
days, or such greater length of time as may be permitted
from time to time pursuant to Rule 2a-7.

*** Pursuant to Rule 2a-7, the seller of a fully
collateralized repurchase agreement is deemed to be the
issuer of the underlying securities.

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agreements in aggregate amounts not to exceed 10% of the Fund's
assets and to be used exclusively to facilitate the orderly
maturation and sale of portfolio securities during any periods of
abnormally heavy redemption requests, if they should occur; such
borrowings may not be used to purchase investments and the Fund
will not purchase any investment while any such borrowings exist;

5. May not pledge, hypothecate or in any manner
transfer, as security for indebtedness, any securities owned or
held by the Fund except as may be necessary in connection with
any borrowing mentioned above, including reverse repurchase
agreements, and in an aggregate amount not to exceed 10% of the
Fund's assets;

6. May not make loans, provided that the Fund may
purchase securities of the type referred to in paragraph 2 above
and enter into repurchase agreements with respect thereto; or

7. May not act as an underwriter of securities.

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MANAGEMENT
_______________________________________________________________

Trustees and Officers

The business and affairs of the Fund are managed under
the direction of the Board of Trustees. The Trustees and
principal officers of the Fund and their principal occupations
during the past five years are set forth below. Unless otherwise
specified, the address of each such person is 1345 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, New York 10105. Those Trustees whose names
are preceded by an asterisk are "interested persons" of the Fund
as determined under the Act. Each Trustee and officer is also a
director, trustee or officer of other registered companies
sponsored by the Adviser.

Trustees

DAVE H. WILLIAMS**** , 68, Chairman, is Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Alliance Capital Management Corporation
("ACMC")***** , sole general partner of the Adviser with which he
has been associated since prior to 1995.
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**** An "interested person" of the Fund as defined in the Act.

***** For purposes of this Statement of Additional Information,
ACMC refers to Alliance Capital Management Corporation,
the sole general partner of the Adviser, and to the
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JOHN D. CARIFA4, 55, is the President, Chief Operating
Officer and a Director of ACMC with which he has been associated
since prior to 1995.

SAM Y. CROSS, 73, was, since prior to 1995, Executive
Vice President of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and
manager for foreign operations for The Federal Reserve System.
He is also a director of Fuji Bank and Trust Co. He is
Executive-In-Residence at the School of International and Public
Affairs, Columbia University. His address is 200 East 66th
Street, New York, New York 10021.

CHARLES H. P. DUELL, 62, is President of Middleton Place
Foundation with which he has been associated since prior to 1995.
He is also a Trustee Emeritus of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation and serves as Chairman of the Board of Architectural
Review, City of Charleston. His address is Middleton Place
Foundation, 4300 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina
29414.

WILLIAM H. FOULK, JR., 68, is an Investment Adviser and
an Independent Consultant. He was formerly Senior Manager of
Barrett Associates, Inc., a registered investment adviser, with
which he had been associated since prior to 1995. He was
formerly Deputy Comptroller of the State of New York and, prior
thereto, Chief Investment Officer of the New York Bank for
Savings. His address is 2 Greenwich Plaza, Suite 100, Greenwich,
CT 06830.

DAVID K. STORRS, 56, is President and Chief Executive
Officer of Alternative Investment Group, LLC (an investment
firm). He was formerly President of The Common Fund (investment
management for educational institutions) with which he had been
associated with since prior to 1995. His address is 65 South
Gate Lane, Southport, Connecticut 06490.

SHELBY WHITE, 62, is an author and financial journalist.
Her address is One Sutton Place South, New York, New York 10022.

Officers

RONALD M. WHITEHILL - President, 62, is a Senior Vice
President of ACMC and President and Chief Executive Officer of
Alliance Cash Management Services with which he has been
associated since prior to 1995.

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predecessor general partner of the Adviser of the same
name.

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KATHLEEN A. CORBET - Senior Vice President, 40, is an
Executive Vice President of ACMC with which she has been
associated since prior to 1995.

ANDREW M. ARAN - Senior Vice President, 43, is a Senior
Vice President of ACMC with which he has been associated since
prior to 1995.

DREW A. BIEGEL - Senior Vice President, 49 is a Vice
President of Alliance Fund Distributors ("AFD") with which he has
been associated since prior to 1995.

JOHN R. BONCZEK - Senior Vice President, 40, is a Senior
Vice President of AFD with which he has been associated since
prior to 1995.

DORIS T. CILIBERTI - Senior Vice President, 36, is a
Vice President of AFD with which she has been associated since
prior to 1995.

ROBERT I. KURZWEIL - Senior Vice President, 49, is a
Vice President of ACMC with which he has been associated since
prior to May 1995.

WAYNE D. LYSKI - Senior Vice President, 59, is an
Executive Vice President of ACMC with which he has been
associated since prior to 1995.

PATRICIA ITTNER - Senior Vice President, 49, is a Vice
President of AFD with which she has been associated since prior
to 1995.

RAYMOND J. PAPERA - Senior Vice President, 44, is a
Senior Vice President of ACMC with which he has been associated
since prior to 1995.

KENNETH T. CARTY - Vice President, 39 is a Vice
President of ACMC with which he has been associated since prior
to 1995.

JOHN F. CHIODI, Jr. - Vice President, 34, is a Vice
President of ACMC with which he has been associated since prior
to 1995.

MARIA R. CONA - Vice President, 45, is a Vice President
of ACMC with which she has been associated since prior to 1995.

JOSEPH DONA - Vice President, 39, is a Vice President of
ACMC with which he has been associated since prior to 1995.

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WILLIAM J. FAGAN - Vice President, 38, is an Assistant
Vice President of AFD with which he has been associated since
prior to 1995.

LINDA N. KELLEY - Vice President, 40, is an Assistant
Vice President of AFD with which she has been associated since
prior to 1995.

JOSEPH R. LASPINA - Vice President, 40, is an Assistant
Vice President of ACMC with which he has been associated since
prior to 1995.

EDMUND P. BERGAN, Jr. - Secretary, 50, is a Senior Vice
President and the General Counsel of AFDand Alliance Fund
Services, Inc. ("AFS") with which he has been associated since
prior to 1995.

MARK D. GERSTEN - Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer,
50, is a Senior Vice President of AFS and a Vice President of AFD
with which he has been associated since prior to 1995.

VINCENT S. NOTO - Controller, 35, is a Vice President of
AFS with which he has been associated since prior to 1995.

ANDREW L. GANGOLF - Assistant Secretary, 46, is a Senior
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of AFD with which he
has been associated since prior to 1995.

DOMENICK PUGLIESE - Assistant Secretary, 39, is a Senior
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of AFD with which he
has been associated since prior to 1995.

As of October 6, 2000, the Trustees and officers as a
group owned less than 1% of the shares of the Fund.

The Fund does not pay any fees to, or reimburse expenses
of, its Trustees who are considered "interested persons" of the
Fund. The aggregate compensation paid by the Fund to each of the
Trustees during its fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, the
aggregate compensation paid to each of the Trustees during
calendar year 1999 by all of the funds to which the Adviser
provides investment advisory services (collectively, the
"Alliance Fund Complex") and the total number of registered
investment companies (and separate investment portfolios within
those companies) in the Alliance Fund Complex with respect to
which each of the Trustees serves as a director or trustee, are
set forth below. Neither the Fund nor any other fund in the
Alliance Fund Complex provides compensation in the form of
pension or retirement benefits to any of its directors or
trustees.

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Total Number
Total Number of Investment
of Funds in Portfolios
the Alliance Within the
Fund Complex, Funds,
Compensation Including the Including the
from the Fund, as to Fund, as to
Aggregate Alliance Fund which the which the
Compensation Complex, Trustee is a Trustee is a
Name of Trustee from Including Director or Director or
of the Fund the Fund the Fund Trustee Trustee

Dave H. Williams $-0- $-0- 6 16
John D. Carifa $-0- $-0- 49 107
Sam Y. Cross $2,506 $ 15,750 3 14
Charles H.P. Duell $2,506 $ 15,000 3 14
William H. Foulk, Jr. $2,427 $246,413 45 102
David K. Storrs $2,506 $ 15,000 3 14
Shelby White $2,506 $ 15,750 3 14

The Adviser

The Fund's investment adviser is Alliance Capital
Management L.P., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
10105. The Adviser is a leading international adviser managing
client accounts with assets as of June 30, 2000 totaling more
than $388 billion (of which more than $185 billion represented
assets of investment companies). As of June 30, 2000, the
Adviser managed retirement assets for many of the largest public
and private employee benefit plans (including 29 of the nation's
FORTUNE 100 companies), for public employee retirement funds in
33 out of the 50 states, for investment companies, and for
foundations, endowments, banks and insurance companies worldwide.
The 52 registered investment companies managed by the Adviser,
comprising 122 separate investment portfolios, currently have
approximately 6.1 million shareholder accounts.

Alliance Capital Management Corporation ("ACMC") is the
general partner of the Adviser and a wholly owned subsidiary of
the The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
("Equitable"). Equitable, one of the largest life insurance
companies in the United States, is the beneficial owner of an
approximately 55.4% partnership interest in the Adviser.
Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P. ("Alliance Holding")
owns an approximately 41.9% partnership interest in the

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Adviser.****** Equity interests in Alliance Holding are traded
on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of units.
Approximately 98% of such interests are owned by the public and
management or employees of the Adviser and approximately 2% are
owned by Equitable. Equitable is a wholly owned subsidiary of
AXA Financial, Inc. ("AXA Financial"), a Delaware corporation
whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. AXA
Financial serves as the holding company for the Adviser,
Equitable and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., an integrated
investment and merchant bank. As of June 30, 1999, AXA, a French
insurance holding company, owned approximately 58.2% of the
issued and outstanding shares of common stock of AXA Financial.

Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser provides
investment advisory services and order placement facilities for
the Fund and pays all compensation of Trustees of the Fund who
are affiliated persons of the Adviser. The Adviser or its
affiliates also furnish the Fund without charge with management
supervision and assistance and office facilities. Under the
Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays an advisory fee at an annual
rate of .50 of 1% of up to $1.25 billion of the average daily
value of the Fund's net assets, .49 of 1% of the next $.25
billion of such assets, .48 of 1% of the next $.25 billion of
such assets, .47 of 1% of the next $.25 billion of such assets,
.46 of 1% of the next $1 billion of such assets and .45 of 1% of
the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $3 billion.
The fee is accrued daily and paid monthly under the Advisory
Agreement. The Adviser will reimburse the Fund to the extent
that its net expenses (excluding taxes, brokerage, interest and
extraordinary expenses) exceed 1% of its average daily net assets
for any fiscal year. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 1998,
1999 and 2000, the Adviser received from the Fund, advisory fees
(net of reimbursement for each fiscal year ) of $19,694,085 (net
of $528,930 of expense reimbursement), $25,589,419 (net of
$1,123,076 of expense reimbursement) and $27,785,105 (net of
$1,675,047 of expense reimbursement), respectively. In
accordance with the Distribution Services Agreement described
below, the Fund may pay a portion of advertising and promotional
____________________

****** Until October 29, 1999, Alliance Holding served as the
investment adviser to the Fund. On that date, Alliance
Holding reorganized by transferring its business to the
Adviser. Prior thereto, the Adviser had no material
business operations. One result of the reorganization was
that the Advisory Agreement, then between the Fund and
Alliance Holding, was transferred to the Adviser by means
of a technical assignment, and ownership of Alliance Fund
Distributors, Inc. and Alliance Fund Services, Inc., the
Fund's principal underwriter and transfer agent,
respectively, also was transferred to the Advisers.

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expenses in connection with the sale of shares of the Fund. The
Fund also pays for printing of prospectuses and other reports to
shareholders and all expenses and fees related to registration
and filing with the Commission and with state regulatory
authorities. The Fund pays all other expenses incurred in its
operations, including the Adviser's management fees; custody,
transfer and dividend disbursing expenses; legal and auditing
costs; clerical, administrative accounting, and other office
costs; fees and expenses of Trustees who are not affiliated with
the Adviser; costs of maintenance of the Trust's existence; and
interest charges, taxes, brokerage fees, and commissions. As to
the obtaining of clerical and accounting services not required to
be provided to the Fund by the Adviser under the Advisory
Agreement, the Fund may employ its own personnel. For such
services, it also may utilize personnel employed by the Adviser;
if so done, the services are provided to the Fund at cost and the
payments therefor must be specifically approved in advance by the
Trustees. The Fund paid to the Adviser a total of $167,000,
$169,000 and $172,000, respectively, for such services for the
fiscal years ended June 30, 1998, 1999 and 2000.

The Fund has made arrangements with certain broker-
dealers, including Pershing, Division of Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette Securities Corporation ("Pershing"), an affiliate of the
Adviser, whose customers are Fund shareholders pursuant to which
payments are made to such broker-dealers performing recordkeeping
and shareholder servicing functions. Such functions may include
opening new shareholder accounts, processing purchase and
redemption transactions, and responding to inquiries regarding
the Fund's current yield and the status of shareholder accounts.
The Fund pays fully disclosed and omnibus broker dealers
(including Pershing) for such services. The Fund may also pay
for the electronic communications equipment maintained at the
broker-dealers' offices that permits access to the Fund's
computer files and, in addition, reimburses fully-disclosed
broker-dealers at cost for personnel expenses involved in
providing such services. All such payments must be approved or
ratified by the Trustees. For the fiscal years ended June 30,
1998, 1999 and 2000, the Fund paid such broker-dealers a total of
$5,301,680, $10,301,555 and $11,843,632, respectively, a
substantial portion of which was paid to affiliates.

The Advisory Agreement became effective on July 22,
1992. Continuance of the Advisory Agreement for an additional
annual term was approved by the vote, cast in person by all the
Trustees of the Trust who neither were interested persons of the
Trust nor had any direct or indirect financial interest in the
Agreement or any related agreement, at a meeting called for that
purpose on June 5, 2000.

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The Advisory Agreement will remain in effect thereafter
from year to year provided that such continuance is specifically
approved annually by a vote of a majority of the outstanding
shares of the Fund or by the Fund's Trustees, including in either
case approval by a majority of the Trustees who are not parties
to the Advisory Agreement or interested persons as defined in the
Act. The Advisory Agreement may be terminated without penalty on
60 days' written notice at the option of either party or by a
vote of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund; it will
automatically terminate in the event of assignment. The Adviser
is not liable for any action or inaction in regard to its
obligations under the Advisory Agreement as long as it does not
exhibit willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or
reckless disregard of its obligations.

Distribution Services Agreement

Rule 12b-1 under the Act permits an investment company
to directly or indirectly pay expenses associated with the
distribution of its shares in accordance with a duly adopted and
approved plan. The Fund has entered into a Distribution Services
Agreement (the "Agreement") which includes a plan adopted
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 (the "Plan") with AFD (the "Distributor"),
which applies to both series of the Trust. Pursuant to the Plan,
the Fund makes payments each month to AFD in an amount that will
not exceed, on an annualized basis, .25 of 1% of the Fund's
aggregate average daily net assets. In addition, under the
Agreement the Distributor makes payments for distribution
assistance and for administrative, accounting and other services
from its own resources which may include the management fee paid
by the Fund.

Payments under the Agreement are used in their entirety
for (i) payments to broker-dealers and other financial
intermediaries, including the Distributor and Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette Securities Corporation and its Pershing Division,
affiliates of the Adviser, for distribution assistance and to
banks and other depository institutions for administrative and
accounting services, and (ii) otherwise promoting the sale of
shares of the Fund such as by paying for the preparation,
printing and distribution of prospectuses and other promotional
materials sent to existing and prospective shareholders and by
directly or indirectly purchasing radio, television, newspaper
and other advertising. In approving the Agreement the Trustees
determined that there was a reasonable likelihood that the
Agreement would benefit the Fund and its shareholders. During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, the Fund made payments to
the Distributor for expenditures, under the Agreement in amounts
aggregating $15,838,974 which constituted .25 of 1% of the Fund's
average daily net assets during the period, and the Adviser made
payments from its own resources as described above aggregating

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$18,362,207. Of the $34,201,181 paid by the Adviser and the Fund
under the Agreement, $73,000 was paid for advertising, printing,
and mailing of prospectuses to persons other than current
shareholders (the Fund's pro rata share was approximately
$33,807); and $34,128,181 was paid to broker-dealers and other
financial intermediaries for distribution assistance (the Fund's
pro rata share was approximately $15,805,167).

The administrative and accounting services provided by
banks and other depository institutions may include, but are not
limited to, establishing and maintaining shareholder accounts,
sub-accounting, processing of purchase and redemption orders,
sending confirmations of transactions, forwarding financial
reports and other communications to shareholders and responding
to shareholder inquiries regarding the Fund. As interpreted by
courts and administrative agencies, certain laws and regulations
limit the ability of a bank or other depository institution to
become an underwriter or distributor of securities. However, in
the opinion of the Fund's management based on the advice of
counsel, these laws and regulations do not prohibit such
depository institutions from providing other services for
investment companies such as the administrative and accounting
services described above. The Trustees will consider appropriate
modifications to the Fund's operations, including discontinuance
of payments under the Agreement to banks and other depository
institutions, in the event of any future change in such laws or
regulations which may affect the ability of such institutions to
provide the above-mentioned services.

The Treasurer of the Fund reports the amounts expended
under the Agreement and the purposes for which such expenditures
were made to the Trustees on a quarterly basis. Also, the
Agreement provides that the selection and nomination of
disinterested Trustees (as defined in the Act) are committed to
the discretion of the disinterested Trustees then in office.

The Agreement became effective on July 22, 1992.
Continuance of the Agreement for an additional annual term was
approved by the vote, cast in person by all the Trustees of the
Fund who neither were interested persons of the Fund nor had any
direct or indirect financial interest in the Agreement or any
related agreement, at a meeting called for that purpose on
June 5, 2000. The Agreement may be continued annually thereafter
if approved by a majority vote of the Trustees who neither are
interested persons of the Fund nor have any direct or indirect
financial interest in the Agreement or in any related agreement,
cast in person at a meeting called for that purpose.

All material amendments to the Agreement must be
approved by a vote of the Trustees, including a majority of the
disinterested Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for

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that purpose, and the Agreement may not be amended in order to
increase materially the costs which the Fund may bear pursuant to
the Agreement without the approval of a majority of the
outstanding shares of the Fund. The Agreement may also be
terminated at any time by a majority vote of the disinterested
Trustees, or by a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund
or by the Distributor. Any agreement with a qualifying broker-
dealer or other financial intermediary may be terminated without
penalty on not more than sixty days' written notice by a vote of
the majority of non-party Trustees, by a vote of a majority of
the outstanding shares of the Fund, or by the Distributor and
will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.

The Agreement is in compliance with rules of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD")
which became effective July 7, 1993 and which limit the annual
asset-based sales charges and service fees that a mutual fund may
impose to .75% and .25%, respectively, of average annual net
assets.

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PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
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Generally, shares of the Fund are sold and redeemed on a
continuous basis without sales or redemption charges at their net
asset value which is expected to be constant at $1.00 per share,
although this price is not guaranteed.

Accounts Not Maintained Through Financial Intermediaries

Opening Accounts - New Investments

A. When Funds are Sent by Wire (the wire method permits
immediate credit)

1) Telephone the Fund toll-free at (800) 824-1916.
The Fund will ask for the name of the account as
you wish it to be registered, address of the
account, and taxpayer identification number (social
security number for an individual). The Fund will
then provide you with an account number.

2) Instruct your bank to wire Federal funds (minimum
$1,000) exactly as follows:

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ABA 0110 0002-8
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA 02101
Alliance Government Reserves
DDA 9903-279-9

Your account name as registered with the Fund
Your account number as registered with the Fund

3) Mail a completed Application Form to:

Alliance Fund Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 1520
Secaucus, New Jersey 07096-1520

B. When Funds are Sent by Check

1) Fill out an Application Form.

2) Mail the completed Application Form along with your
check or negotiable bank draft (minimum $1,000),
payable to "Alliance Government Reserves," to
Alliance Fund Services, Inc. as in A(3) above.

Subsequent Investments

A. Investments by Wire (to obtain immediate credit)

Instruct your bank to wire Federal funds (minimum $100)
to State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street Bank") as
in A(2) above.

B. Investments by Check

Mail your check or negotiable bank draft (minimum $100),
payable to "Alliance Government Reserves," to Alliance Fund
Services, Inc. as in A(3) above.

Include with the check or draft the "next investment"
stub from one of your previous monthly or interim account
statements. For added identification, place your Fund account
number on the check or draft.

Investments Made by Check

Money transmitted by a check drawn on a member of the
Federal Reserve System is converted to Federal funds in one
business day following receipt and, thus, is then invested in the
Fund. Checks drawn on banks which are not members of the Federal
Reserve System may take longer to be converted and invested. All
payments must be in United States dollars.

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PROCEEDS FROM ANY SUBSEQUENT REDEMPTION BY YOU OF FUND
SHARES THAT WERE PURCHASED BY CHECK OR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER
WILL NOT BE FORWARDED TO YOU UNTIL THE FUND IS REASONABLY ASSURED
THAT YOUR CHECK OR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER HAS CLEARED, UP TO
FIFTEEN DAYS FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE DATE. If the redemption
request during such period is in the form of a Fund check, the
check will be marked "insufficient funds" and be returned unpaid
to the presenting bank.

Redemptions

A. By Telephone

You may withdraw any amount from your account on any
Fund business day (i.e., any weekday exclusive of days on which
the New York Stock Exchange or State Street Bank is closed) via
orders given to AFS by telephone toll-free (800) 824-1916. Such
redemption orders must include your account name as registered
with the Fund and the account number.

If your telephone redemption order is received by AFS
prior to 12:00 Noon (Eastern time), we will send the proceeds in
Federal funds by wire to your designated bank account that day.
The minimum amount for a wire is $1,000. If your telephone
redemption order is received by AFS after 12:00 Noon and before
4:00 p.m., we will wire the proceeds the next business day. You
also may request that proceeds be sent by check to your
designated bank. Redemptions are made without any charge to you.

During periods of drastic economic or market
developments, such as the market break of October 1987, it is
possible that shareholders would have difficulty in reaching AFS
by telephone (although no such difficulty was apparent at any
time in connection with the 1987 market break). If a shareholder
were to experience such difficulty, the shareholder should issue
written instructions to AFS at the address shown on the cover of
this Statement of Additional Information. The Fund reserves the
right to suspend or terminate its telephone redemption service at
any time without notice. Telephone redemption is not available
with respect to shares (i) for which certificates have been
issued, (ii) held by a shareholder who has changed his or her
address of record within the preceding 30 calendar days or (iii)
held in any retirement plan account. Neither the Fund nor the
Adviser, or AFS will be responsible for the authenticity of
telephone requests for redemptions that the Fund reasonably
believes to be genuine. The Fund will employ reasonable
procedures in order to verify that telephone requests for
redemptions are genuine, including among others, recording such
telephone instructions and causing written confirmations of the
resulting transactions to be sent to shareholders. If the Fund
did not employ such procedures, it could be liable for losses

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arising from unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions.
Selected dealers or agents may charge a commission for handling
telephone requests for redemptions.

B. By Checkwriting

With this service, you may write checks made payable to
any payee. Checks cannot be written for more than the principal
balance (not including any accrued dividends) in your account.
First, you must fill out the Signature Card which is with the
Application Form. If you wish to establish this checkwriting
service subsequent to the opening of your Fund account, contact
the Fund by telephone or mail. There is no separate charge for
the checkwriting service, except that State Street Bank may
impose charges for checks which are returned unpaid because of
insufficient funds or for checks upon which you have placed a
stop order. There is currently a $7.50 charge for check
reorders.

The checkwriting service enables you to receive the daily
dividends declared on the shares to be redeemed until the day
that your check is presented to State Street Bank for payment.

C. By Mail

You may withdraw any amount from your account at any
time by mail. Written orders for withdrawal, accompanied by duly
endorsed certificates, if issued, should be mailed to Alliance
Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 1520, Secaucus, New Jersey
07096-1520. Such orders must include the account name as
registered with the Fund and the account number. All written
orders for redemption, and accompanying certificates, if any,
must be signed by all owners of the account with the signatures
guaranteed by an institution which is an "eligible guarantor" as
defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
_______________________________________________________________

Shareholders maintaining Fund accounts through brokerage
firms and other institutions should be aware that such
institutions necessarily set deadlines for receipt of transaction
orders from their clients that are earlier than the transaction
times of the Fund itself so that the institutions may properly
process such orders prior to their transmittal to State Street
Bank. Should an investor place a transaction order with such an
institution after its deadline, the institution may not effect
the order with the Fund until the next business day.

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Accordingly, an investor should familiarize himself or herself
with the deadlines set by his or her institution. (For example,
the Distributor accepts purchase orders from its customers up to
2:15 p.m. Eastern time for issuance at the 4:00 p.m. transaction
time and price.) A brokerage firm acting on behalf of a customer
in connection with transactions in Fund shares is subject to the
same legal obligations imposed on it generally in connection with
transactions in securities for a customer, including the
obligation to act promptly and accurately.

Orders for the purchase of Fund shares become effective
at the next transaction time after Federal funds or bank wire
monies become available to State Street Bank for a shareholder's
investment. Federal funds are a bank's deposits in a Federal
Reserve Bank. These funds can be transferred by Federal Reserve
wire from the account of one member bank to that of another
member bank on the same day and are considered to be immediately
available funds; similar immediate availability is accorded
monies received at State Street Bank by bank wire. Money
transmitted by a check drawn on a member of the Federal Reserve
System is converted to Federal funds in one business day
following receipt. Checks drawn on banks which are not members
of the Federal Reserve System may take longer. All payments
(including checks from individual investors) must be in United
States dollars.

All shares purchased are confirmed to each shareholder
and are credited to his or her account at the net asset value.
To avoid unnecessary expense to the Fund and to facilitate the
immediate redemption of shares, share certificates, for which no
charge is made, are not issued except upon the written request of
a shareholder. Certificates are not issued for fractional
shares. Shares for which certificates have been issued are not
eligible for any of the optional methods of withdrawal; namely,
the telephone, telegraph, checkwriting or periodic redemption
procedures. The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase
order.

Arrangements for Telephone Redemptions. If you wish to
use the telephone redemption procedure, indicate this on your
Application Form and designate a bank and account number to
receive the proceeds of your withdrawals. If you decide later
that you wish to use this procedure, or to change instructions
already given, send a written notice to Alliance Fund Services,
Inc., P.O. Box 1520, Secaucus, New Jersey 07096-1520, with your
signature guaranteed by an institution which is an eligible
guarantor. For joint accounts, all owners must sign and have
their signatures guaranteed.

Automatic Investment Program. A shareholder may
purchase shares of the Fund through an automatic investment

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program through a bank that is a member of the National Automated
Clearing House Association. Purchases can be made on a Fund
business day each month designated by the shareholder.
Shareholders wishing to establish an automatic investment program
should write or telephone the Fund or AFS at (800) 221-5672.

Retirement Plans. The Fund's objectives of safety of
principal, excellent liquidity and maximum current income to the
extent consistent with the first two objectives may make it a
suitable investment vehicle for part or all of the assets held in
various tax-deferred retirement plans. The Fund has available
forms of individual retirement account (IRA), simplified employee
pension plans (SEP), 403(b)(7) plans and employer-sponsored
retirement plans (Keogh or HR10 Plan). Certain services
described in this prospectus may not be available to retirement
accounts and plans. Persons desiring information concerning
these plans should write or telephone the Fund or AFS at
(800) 221-5672.

The Alliance Plans Division of Frontier Trust Company, a
subsidiary of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
States, is the custodian under these plans. The custodian
charges a nominal account establishment fee and a nominal annual
maintenance fee. A portion of such fees is remitted to AFS to
compensate that organization for services rendered to retirement
plan accounts maintained with the Fund.

Periodic Distribution Plans. Without affecting your
right to use any of the methods of redemption described above, by
checking the appropriate boxes on the Application Form, you may
elect to participate additionally in the following plans without
any separate charge. Under the Income Distribution Plan you
receive monthly payments of all the income earned in your Fund
account, with payments forwarded by check or electronically via
the Automated Clearing House ("ACH") network shortly after the
close of the month. Under the Systematic Withdrawal Plan, you
may request payments by check or electronically via the ACH
network in any specified amount of $50 or more each month or in
any intermittent pattern of months. If desired, you can order,
via a signature-guaranteed letter to the Fund, such periodic
payments to be sent to another person. Shareholders wishing
either of the above plans electronically through the ACH network
should write or telephone the Fund or AFS at (800) 221-5672.

The Fund has the right to close out an account if it has
a zero balance on December 31 and no account activity for the
first six months of the subsequent year. Therefore, unless this
has occurred, a shareholder with a zero balance, when
reinvesting, should continue to use his account number.
Otherwise, the account should be re-opened pursuant to procedures

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described above or through instructions given to a financial
intermediary.

A "business day," during which purchases and redemptions
of Fund shares can become effective and the transmittal of
redemption proceeds can occur, is considered for Fund purposes as
any weekday exclusive of New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day, President's Day (observed), Good Friday, Memorial Day
(observed), Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day; if one of these holidays falls on a Saturday or
Sunday, purchases and redemptions will likewise not be processed
on the preceding Friday or the following Monday, respectively.
On any such day that is an official bank holiday in
Massachusetts, neither purchases nor wired redemptions can become
effective because Federal funds cannot be received or sent by
State Street Bank. On such days, therefore, the Fund can only
accept redemption orders for which shareholders desire remittance
by check. The right of redemption may be suspended or the date
of a redemption payment postponed for any period during which the
New York Stock Exchange is closed (other than customary weekend
and holiday closings), when trading on the New York Stock
Exchange is restricted, or an emergency (as determined by the
Commission) exists, or the Commission has ordered such a
suspension for the protection of shareholders. The value of a
shareholder's investment at the time of redemption may be more or
less than his or her cost, depending on the market value of the
securities held by the Fund at such time and the income earned.
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DAILY DIVIDENDS--DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
_______________________________________________________________

All net income of the Fund is determined after the close
of each business day, currently 4:00 p.m. Eastern time (and at
such other times as the Trustees may determine) and is paid
immediately thereafter pro rata to shareholders of record via
automatic investment in additional full and fractional shares in
each shareholder's account at the rate of one share for each
dollar distributed. As such additional shares are entitled to
dividends on following days, a compounding growth of income
occurs.

Net income consists of all accrued interest income on
Fund portfolio assets less the Fund's expenses applicable to that
dividend period. Realized gains and losses are reflected in net
asset value and are not included in net income. Net asset value
per share is expected to remain constant at $1.00 since all net
income is declared as a dividend each time net income is
determined.

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The valuation of the Fund's portfolio securities is
based upon their amortized cost which does not take into account
unrealized securities gains or losses as measured by market
valuations. The amortized cost method involves valuing an
instrument at its cost and thereafter applying a constant
amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless
of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value
of the instrument. During periods of declining interest rates,
the daily yield on shares of the Fund may be higher than that of
a fund with identical investments utilizing a method of valuation
based upon market prices for its portfolio instruments; the
converse would apply in a period of rising interest rates.

The Fund maintains procedures designed to maintain, to
the extent reasonably possible, the price per share as computed
for the purpose of sales and redemptions at $1.00. Such
procedures include review of the Fund's portfolio holdings by the
Trustees to the extent required by Rule 2a-7 under the Act at
such intervals as they deem appropriate to determine whether and
to what extent the net asset value of the Fund calculated by
using available market quotations or market equivalents deviates
from net asset value based on amortized cost. There can be no
assurance, however, that the Fund's net asset value per share
will remain constant at $1.00.

The net asset value of the shares is determined each
business day at 12:00 Noon and 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time). The net
asset value per share is calculated by taking the sum of the
value of the Fund's investments and any cash or other assets,
subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the total number of
shares outstanding. All expenses, including the fees payable to
the Adviser, are accrued daily.

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TAXES
_______________________________________________________________

The Fund has qualified in each fiscal year to date and
intends to qualify in each future year to be taxed as a regulated
investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code") and, as such, will not be liable for Federal
income and excise taxes on the net income and capital gains
distributed to its shareholders. Since the Fund distributes all
of its net income and capital gains, the Fund itself should
thereby avoid all Federal income and excise taxes.

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long-term capital gains irrespective of the length of time the
shareholder held shares in the Fund. Since the Fund derives
nearly all of its gross income in the form of interest and the
balance in the form of short-term capital gains, it is expected
that for corporate shareholders, none of the Fund's distributions
will be eligible for the dividends-received deduction under
current law.

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GENERAL INFORMATION
_______________________________________________________________

Portfolio Transactions. Subject to the general
supervision of the Trustees of the Fund, the Adviser is
responsible for the investment decisions and the placing of the
orders for portfolio transactions for the Fund. Because the Fund
invests in securities with short maturities, there is a
relatively high portfolio turnover rate. However, the turnover
rate does not have an adverse effect upon the net yield and net
asset value of the Fund's shares since the Fund's portfolio
transactions occur primarily with issuers, underwriters or major
dealers in money market instruments acting as principals. Such
transactions are normally on a net basis which do not involve
payment of brokerage commissions. The cost of securities
purchased from an underwriter usually includes a commission paid
by the issuer to the underwriters; transactions with dealers
normally reflect the spread between bid and asked prices.

The Fund has no obligations to enter into transactions
in portfolio securities with any dealer, issuer, underwriter or
other entity. In placing orders, it is the policy of the Fund to
obtain the best price and execution for its transactions. Where
best price and execution may be obtained from more than one
dealer, the Adviser may, in its discretion, purchase and sell
securities through dealers who provide research, statistical and
other information to the Adviser. Such services may be used by
the Adviser for all of its investment advisory accounts and,
accordingly, not all such services may be used by the Adviser in
connection with the Fund. The supplemental information received
from a dealer is in addition to the services required to be
performed by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement, and the
expenses of the Adviser will not necessarily be reduced as a
result of the receipt of such information. During the fiscal
years ended June 30, 1998, 1999 and 2000, the Fund paid no
brokerage commissions.

Capitalization. All shares of the Fund, when issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable. The Trustees are authorized
to reclassify and issue any unissued shares to any number of
additional classes or series without shareholder approval.

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Accordingly, the Trustees, in the future, for reasons such as the
desire to establish one or more additional portfolios with
different investment objectives, policies or restrictions, may
create additional classes or series of shares. Any issuance of
shares of another class would be governed by the Act and the law
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. If shares of another class
were issued in connection with the creation of a second
portfolio, each share of either portfolio would normally be
entitled to one vote for all purposes. Generally, shares of both
portfolios would vote as a single series for the election of
Trustees and on any other matter that affected both portfolios in
substantially the same manner. As to matters affecting each
portfolio differently, such as approval of the Advisory Agreement
and changes in investment policy, shares of each portfolio would
vote as separate classes. Certain procedures for the removal by
shareholders of trustees of investment trusts, such as the Fund,
are set forth in Section 16(c) of the Act.

At October 6, 2000, there were 6,632,674,580 shares of
beneficial interest of the Fund outstanding. To the knowledge of
the Fund the following persons owned of record and no person
owned beneficially, 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the
Portfolio as of October 6, 2000:

No. of % of
Name and Address Shares Class

Pershing as Agent
Omnibus Account for 1,639,146,043 24.57%
Exclusive Benefit of Customers
1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399-0002

Pershing as Agent
Omnibus Account for 4,078,212,641 61.13%
Exclusive Benefit of Customers
1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399-0002

Janney Montgomery Scott 378,452,491 5.67%
As Agent Omnibus A/C For
Exclusive Benefit of Customers
1801 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA

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disclaimer be given in each note, bond, contract, instrument,
certificate or undertaking made or issued by the Trustees or
officers of the Trust. The Agreement and Declaration of Trust
provides for indemnification out of the property of the Fund for
all loss and expense of any shareholder of the Fund held
personally liable for the obligations of the Fund. Thus, the
risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss on account of
shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which the
Fund would be unable to meet its obligations. In the view of the
Adviser, such risk is not material.

Legal Matters. The legality of the shares offered
hereby has been passed upon by Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, New
York, counsel for the Fund and the Adviser. Seward & Kissel LLP
has relied upon the opinion of Sullivan & Worcester, Boston,
Massachusetts, for matters relating to Massachusetts law.

Accountants. The Fund's independent accountants for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 are PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Prior to June 30, 2000 the accountants were McGladrey & Pullen
LLP.

Yield Quotations. Advertisements containing yield
quotations for the Fund may from time to time be sent to
investors or placed in newspapers, magazines or other media on
behalf of the Fund. These advertisements may quote performance
rankings, ratings or data from independent organizations or
financial publications such as Lipper Analytical Services, Inc.,
Morningstar, Inc., IBC's Money Fund Report, IBC's Money Market
Insight or Bank Rate Monitor or compare the Fund's performance to
bank money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or
various indices. Such yield quotations are calculated in
accordance with the standardized method referred to in Rule 482
under the Securities Act of 1933. Yield quotations are thus
determined by (i) computing the net change over a seven-day
period, exclusive of capital changes, in the value of a
hypothetical pre-existing account having a balance of one share
at the beginning of such period, (ii) dividing the net change in
account value by the value of the account at the beginning of
such period, and (iii) multiplying such base period return by
(365/7)--with the resulting yield figure carried to the nearest
hundredth of one percent. The Fund's effective annual yield
represents a compounding of the annualized yield according to the
following formula:

effective yield = [(base period return + 1)365/7] - 1

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Registration Statement may be obtained at a reasonable charge
from the Commission or may be examined, without charge, at the
Commission's offices in Washington, D.C.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
______________________________________________________________

The financial statements and the report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of Alliance Government Reserves are
incorporated herein by reference to its annual report filing made
with the SEC pursuant to Section 30(b) of the Act and Rule 30b2-1
thereunder. The annual report is dated June 30, 2000 and was
filed on August 29, 2000. It is available without charge upon
request by calling Alliance Fund Services, Inc. at (800) 227-
4618. The Fund's financial statements include the financial
statements of each of the Fund's portfolios.

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APPENDIX
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A-1+, A-1 and Prime-1 Commercial Paper Ratings

"A-1+" is the highest, and "A-1" the second highest,
commercial paper rating assigned by Standard & Poor's Corporation
("Standard & Poor's") and "Prime-1" is the highest commercial
paper rating assigned by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
("Moody's"). Standard & Poor's uses the numbers 1+, 1, 2 and 3
to denote relative strength within its highest classification of
"A", while Moody's uses the numbers 1, 2 and 3 to denote relative
strength within its highest classification of "Prime."
Commercial paper issuers rated "A" by Standard & Poor's have the
following characteristics: liquidity ratios are better than
industry average; long term debt rating is A or better; the
issuer has access to at least two additional channels of
borrowing; basic earnings and cash flow are in an upward trend;
and typically, the issuer is a strong company in a well-
established industry and has superior management. Commercial
paper issuers rated "Prime" by Moody's have the following
characteristics: their short-term debt obligations carry the
smallest degree of investment risk; margins of support for
current indebtedness are large or stable with cash flow and asset
protection well assured; current liquidity provides ample
coverage of near-term liabilities and unused alternative
financing arrangements are generally available; and while
protective elements may change over the intermediate or longer
term, such changes are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally
strong position of short-term obligations.

AAA & AA and Aaa & Aa Bond Ratings

Bonds rated AAA and Aaa have the highest ratings
assigned to debt obligations by Standard & Poor's and Moody's,
respectively. Standard & Poor's AAA rating indicates an
extremely strong capacity to pay principal and interest. Bonds
rated AA by Standard & Poor's also qualify as high-quality debt
obligations. Capacity to pay principal and interest is very
strong, and the majority of instances they differ from AAA issues
only in small degree. Moody's Aaa rating indicates the ultimate
degree of protection as to principal and interest. Moody's Aa
rated bonds, though also high-grade issues, are rated lower than
Aaa bonds because margins of protection may not be as large or
fluctuations of protective elements may be of greater amplitude
or there may be other elements present which make the long-term
risks appear somewhat larger.

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[LOGO] ALLIANCE TREASURY RESERVES
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P.O. Box 1520, Secaucus, New Jersey 07096-1520
Toll Free (800) 221-5672
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
November 1, 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Investment Objectives and Policies..........................

Investment Restrictions.....................................

Management..................................................

Purchase and Redemption of Shares...........................

Additional Information......................................

Daily Dividends-Determination of Net Asset Value............

Taxes.......................................................

General Information.........................................

Financial Statements and Report of Independent
Accountants.................................................

Appendix-Commercial Paper and Bond Rating...................A-1

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(R): This registered service mark used under license from the
owner, Alliance Capital Management L.P.

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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
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The Fund is a series of Alliance Government Reserves
(the "Trust"). The Trust was reorganized in October 1984, as a
Massachusetts business trust, having previously been a Maryland
corporation since its formation in December 1978. The Fund is a
diversified, open-end investment company whose objectives are -
in the following order of priority - safety of principal,
excellent liquidity, and maximum current income to the extent
consistent with the first two objectives. There can be no
assurance, as is true with all investment companies, that the
Fund's objectives will be achieved. The Fund pursues its
objectives by maintaining a portfolio of the following
investments diversified by maturities not exceeding 397 days:

1. Issues of the United States Treasury, such as
bills, certificates of indebtedness, notes and bonds. Such issues
are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury.

2. Repurchase agreements pertaining to the above
securities. A repurchase agreement arises when a buyer purchases
a security and simultaneously agrees to resell it to the
counterparty at an agreed-upon future date. The resale price is
greater than the purchase price, reflecting an agreed-upon market
rate which is effective for the period of time the buyer's money
is invested in the security and which is not related to the
coupon rate on the purchased security. Repurchase agreements
are currently entered into with counterparties deemed to be
creditworthy by Alliance Capital Management L.P. (the "Adviser"),
including broker-dealers, member banks of the Federal Reserve
System or "primary dealers" (as designated by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York) in U.S. Government securities or with State
Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street Bank"), the Fund's
Custodian. It is the Fund's current practice, which may be
changed at any time without shareholder approval, to enter into
repurchase agreements only with such primary dealers or State
Street Bank. For each repurchase agreement, the Fund requires
continual maintenance of the market value of the underlying
collateral in amounts equal to, or in excess of, the agreement
amount. While the maturities of the underlying collateral may
exceed 397 days, the term of the repurchase agreement is always
less than 397 days. In the event that a counterparty defaulted
on its repurchase obligation, the Fund might suffer a loss to the
extent that the proceeds from the sale of the collateral were
less than the repurchase price. If the counterparty became
bankrupt, the Fund might be delayed in selling the collateral.
Repurchase agreements often are for short periods such as one day
or a week, but may be longer. Repurchase agreements not

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terminable within seven days will be limited to no more than 10%
of the Fund's assets. Pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), a repurchase
agreement is deemed to be an acquisition of the underlying
securities, provided that the obligation of the seller to
repurchase the securities from the money market fund is
collateralized fully (as defined in such Rule). Accordingly, the
counterparty of a fully collateralized repurchase agreement is
deemed to be the issuer of the underlying securities.

When-Issued Securities. Certain new issues that the
Fund is permitted to purchase are available on a "when-issued"
basis. When so offered, the price, which is generally expressed
in yield terms, is fixed at the time the commitment to purchase
is made, but delivery and payment for the when-issued securities
take place at a later date. Normally, the settlement date occurs
from within ten days to one month after the purchase of the
issue. During the period between purchase and settlement, no
payment is made by the Fund to the issuer and, thus, no interest
accrues to the Fund from the transaction. When-issued securities
may be sold prior to the settlement date, but the Fund makes
when-issued commitments only with the intention of actually
acquiring the securities. To facilitate such acquisitions, the
Fund's Custodian will maintain, in a separate account of the
Fund, U.S. Government securities or other liquid high grade debt
securities having value equal to or greater than commitments held
by the Fund. Similarly, a separate account will be maintained to
meet obligations in respect of reverse repurchase agreements. On
delivery dates for such transactions, the Fund will meet its
obligations from maturities or sales of the securities held in
the separate account and/or from the available cash flow. If the
Fund, however, chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a when-
issued security prior to its acquisition, it can incur a gain or
loss. At the time the Fund makes the commitment to purchase a
security on a when-issued basis, it records the transaction and
reflects the value of the security in determining its net asset
value. No when-issued commitments will be made if, as a result,
more than 15% of the Fund's net assets would be committed.

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rates are adjusted either at predesignated periodic intervals or
whenever there is a change in the market rate to which the
security's interest rate is tied. The Fund may also purchase
floating and variable rate demand notes and bonds, which are
obligations ordinarily having stated maturities in excess of 397
days, but which permit the holder to demand payment of principal
and accrued interest at any time, or at specified intervals not
exceeding 397 days, in each case upon not more than 30 days'
notice.

Except as otherwise provided, the Fund's investment
policies are not designated "fundamental policies" within the
meaning of the Act and may, therefore, be changed by the Trustees
of the Trust without a shareholder vote. However, the Fund will
not change its investment policies without contemporaneous
written notice to shareholders.

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Trustees. A description of the ratings of some NRSROs appears in
the Appendix attached hereto. Securities in which the Fund
invests may be subject to liquidity or credit enhancements.
These securities are generally considered to be Eligible
Securities if the enhancement or the issuer of the enhancement
has received the appropriate rating from the requisite
NRSROs.

Under Rule 2a-7 the Fund may not invest more than five
percent of its assets in the first tier securities of any one
issuer other than the United States Government, its agencies and
instrumentalities. A first tier security is an Eligible Security
that has received a short-term rating from the requisite NRSROs
in the highest short-term rating category for debt obligations or
is an unrated security deemed to be of comparable quality.
Government Securities are also considered to be first tier
securities. In addition, the Fund may not invest in a security
that has received, or is deemed comparable in quality to a
security that has received, the second highest rating by the
requisite number of NRSROs (a "second tier security") if
immediately after the acquisition thereof the Fund would have
invested more than (A) the greater of one percent of its total
assets or one million dollars in securities issued by that issuer
which are second tier securities, or (B) five percent of its
total assets in second tier securities.

Senior Securities. The Fund will not issue senior
securities except as permitted by the Act or the rules,
regulations, or interpretations thereof.

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INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
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The Fund:

1. May not purchase any security which has a remaining
maturity of more than 397 days from the date of the Fund's
purchase;

2. May not purchase securities other than marketable
obligations of the United States Treasury, or repurchase
agreements pertaining thereto;

3. May not enter into repurchase agreements if, as a
result thereof, more than 10% of the Fund's net assets would be
subject to repurchase agreements not terminable within seven days
(which may be considered to be illiquid) or with any one
seller******* if, as a result thereof, more than 5% of the
Fund's assets would be invested in repurchase agreements
purchased from such seller; and may not enter into any reverse
repurchase agreements if, as a result thereof, the Fund's
obligations with respect to reverse repurchase agreements would
exceed 10% of the Fund's assets;

4. May not borrow money except from banks on a
temporary basis or via entering into reverse repurchase
agreements in aggregate amounts not to exceed 10% of the Fund's
assets and to be used exclusively to facilitate the orderly
maturation and sale of portfolio securities during any periods of
abnormally heavy redemption requests, if they should occur; such
borrowings may not be used to purchase investments and the Fund
will not purchase any investment while any such borrowings exist;

6. May not make loans, provided that the Fund may
purchase securities of the type referred to in paragraph 2 above
and enter into repurchase agreements with respect thereto; or

7. May not (a) make investments for the purpose of
exercising control; (b) purchase securities of other investment
companies, except in connection with a merger, consolidation,
acquisition or reorganization; (c) invest in real estate (other
than money market securities secured by real estate or interests
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*******Pursuant to Rule 2a-7, the seller of a fully
collateralized repurchase agreement is deemed to be the
issuer of the underlying securities.

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therein or money market securities issued by companies which
invest in real estate, or interests therein), commodities or
commodity contracts, interests in oil, gas and other mineral
exploration or other development programs; (d) purchase any
restricted securities or securities on margin; (e) make short
sales of securities or maintain a short position or write,
purchase or sell puts, calls, straddles, spreads or combinations
thereof; (f) invest in securities of issuers (other than agencies
and instrumentalities of the United States Government) having a
record, together with predecessors, of less than three years of
continuous operation if more than 5% of the Fund's assets would
be invested in such securities; (g) purchase or retain securities
of any issuers if those officers and trustees of the Fund and
employees of the Adviser who own individually more than 1/2 of 1%
of the outstanding securities of such issuer together own more
than 5% of the securities of such issuer; or (h) act as an
underwriter of securities.
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MANAGEMENT
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Trustees and Officers

The business and affairs of the Fund are managed under
the direction of the Board of Trustees. The Trustees and
principal officers of the Trust and their primary occupations
during the past five years are set forth below. Unless otherwise
specified, the address of each such person is 1345 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, New York 10105. Those Trustees whose names
are preceded by an asterisk are "interested persons" of the Trust
as determined under the Act. Each Trustee and officer is
affiliated as such with one or more of the other registered
investment companies that are advised by the Adviser.

Trustees

DAVE H. WILLIAMS******** , 68, Chairman, is Chairman of
the Board of Directors of Alliance Capital Management Corporation
("ACMC"),********* sole general partner of the Adviser with which
he has been associated since prior to 1995.

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********An "interested person" of the Fund as defined in the Act.

*********For purposes of this Statement of Additional
Information, ACMC refers to Alliance Capital Management
Corporation, the sole general partner of the Adviser, and
to the predecessor general partner of the Adviser of the
same name.

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JOHN D. CARIFA2, 55, is the President, Chief Operating
Officer and a Director of ACMC with which he has been associated
since prior to 1995.

DAVID K. STORRS, 56, is President and Chief Executive
Officer of Alternative Investment Group, LLC (an investment
firm). He was formerly President of The Common Fund (investment
management for educational institutions) with which he had been
associated since prior to 1995. His address is 65 South Gate
Lane, Southport, Connecticut 06490.

SHELBY WHITE, 62, is an author and financial journalist.
Her address is One Sutton Place South, New York, New York
10022.

Officers

KATHLEEN A. CORBET - Senior Vice President, 40, is an
Executive Vice President of ACMC with which she has been
associated since prior to 1995.

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ANDREW M. ARAN - Senior Vice President, 43, is a Senior
Vice President of ACMC with which he has been associated since
prior to 1995.

DREW A. BIEGEL - Senior Vice President, 49, is a Vice
President of Alliance Fund Distributors ("AFD") with which he has
been associated since prior to 1995.

JOHN R. BONCZEK - Senior Vice President, 40, is a Senior
Vice President of AFD with which he has been associated since
prior to 1995.

DORIS T. CILIBERTI - Senior Vice President, 36, is a
Vice President of AFD with which she has been associated since
prior to 1995.

ROBERT I. KURZWEIL - Senior Vice President, 49, is a
Vice President of ACMC with which he has been associated since
prior to 1995.