TEMPLETON GLOBAL SMALLER COMPANIES FUND INC
497, 1998-01-02
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SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 1, 1998
TO THE PROSPECTUSES OF

Franklin Investment Grade Income Fund - Advisor Class
Templeton Foreign Smaller Companies Fund -
 Advisor Class
dated January 1, 1997

Franklin Global Government Income Fund - Advisor Class
Franklin Short-Intermediate U.S. Government
 Securities Fund - Advisor Class
Franklin Templeton German Government Bond Fund -
 Advisor Class
Franklin Templeton Hard Currency Fund - Advisor Class 
dated  March 1, 1997

Templeton  Region Funds - Advisor  Class
dated August 1, 1997 

Franklin Natural Resources  Fund - Advisor Class
Franklin Real Estate Securities  Fund - 
 Advisor Class 
dated  September 1, 1997 
Franklin's AGE High Income Fund - Advisor Class
dated  October 1, 1997
Franklin Equity Fund - Advisor Class 
dated  November 1, 1997
Franklin Gold Fund - Advisor Class 
dated December 1, 1997

Templeton Global Bond Fund - Advisor Class 
Templeton Global Smaller Companies Fund, Inc. -
Advisor Class
dated January 1, 1998

The prospectus is amended to replace the section  "Opening Your Account,"  found
under "How Do I Buy Shares?", with the following:

  OPENING YOUR ACCOUNT

  Shares of the Fund may be purchased without a sales charge. Please note that
  as of January  1, 1998,  shares of the Fund are not available to retirement
  plans through Franklin Templeton's ValuSelect(R) program. Retirement plans in
  Franklin  Templeton's ValuSelect program before January 1, 1998, however, may
  continue to invest in the Fund. To open your account, please follow the steps
  below. This will help avoid any delays in processing your request.

  1. Read this prospectus carefully.

  2. Determine how much you would like to invest. The Fund's minimum 
     investments are:

     o To open your account:        $5,000,000*
     o To add to your account:      $25*

     *We may waive or lower these  minimums  for certain  investors.  Please see
     "Minimum  Investments" below. We also reserve the right to refuse any order
     to buy shares.

 3. Carefully complete and sign the enclosed shareholder application, including
    the optional shareholder privileges section. By applying for privileges now,
    you can avoid the delay and inconvenience of having to send an additional 
    application to add privileges later. It is important that we receive a 
    signed application since we will not be able to process  any  redemptions  
    from your  account  until we  receive  your  signed application.

 4. Make your investment using the table below.

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  Method                            Steps to Follow
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  By Mail                           For an initial investment:

                                    o Return the application to the Fund with
                                      your check made payable to the Fund.

                                    For additional investments:
                                    o Send a check made payable to the Fund. 
                                      Please include your account number on the
                                      check.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  By Wire                           1. Call Shareholder  Services or, if that
                                       number is busy, call  1-650/312-2000
                                       collect, to receive a wire control number
                                       and  wire  instructions.  You  need a new
                                       wire  control  number every time you wire
                                       money  into your  account.  If you do not
                                       have a currently  effective  wire control
                                       number,  we will  return the money to the
                                       bank, and we will not credit the purchase
                                       to your account.

                                    2. For an initial investment you must also 
                                       return your signed shareholder
                                       application to the Fund.

                                    Important Deadlines: If we receive your call
                                    before 1:00 p.m.  Pacific  time and the bank
                                    receives  the wired  funds and  reports  the
                                    receipt  of wired  funds to the Fund by 3:00
                                    p.m.   Pacific  time,  we  will  credit  the
                                    purchase  to your  account  that day.  If we
                                    receive  your call  after  1:00 p.m.  or the
                                    bank  receives the wire after 3:00 p.m.,  we
                                    will credit the purchase to your account the
                                    following business day.

  Through Your Dealer               Call your investment representative
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

  MINIMUM INVESTMENTS

  To  determine if you meet the minimum  initial  investment  requirement  of $5
  million,  the amount of your current  purchase is added to the cost or current
  value,  whichever is higher, of your existing shares in the Franklin Templeton
  Funds.  At least $1 million  of this  amount,  however,  must be  invested  in
  Advisor Class or Class Z shares of any of the Franklin  Templeton  Funds.  The
  Fund  may  waive or lower  its  minimum  investment  requirement  for  certain
  purchases. A lower minimum initial investment requirement applies to purchases
  by:

1. Broker-dealers,  registered  investment advisors or certified financial
  planners  who have entered into an  agreement  with  Distributors  for clients
  participating  in  comprehensive  fee programs,  subject to a $250,000 minimum
  initial  investment  requirement  or a  $100,000  minimum  initial  investment
  requirement  for an  individual  client 

2. Qualified registered investment advisors or certified financial planners 
   who have  clients  invested in the Franklin  Mutual  Series Fund Inc. on 
   October 31,  1996,  or who buy through a broker-dealer  or  service  agent
   who  has  entered  into an  agreement  with Distributors,  subject to a 
   $1,000 minimum initial  investment  requirement 

3. Officers, trustees, directors and full-time employees of the Franklin
  Templeton Funds or the Franklin  Templeton  Group and their  immediate  family
  members,  subject to a $100 minimum  initial  investment  requirement  

4. Each series of the Franklin Templeton Fund Allocator Series, subject to a 
   $1,000 minimum initial and subsequent investment requirement  

5. Governments, municipalities,  and  tax-exempt  entities  that  meet  the  
   requirements for qualification  under Section 501 of the Code,  subject to
   a $1 million initial investment in Advisor Class shares No minimum initial
   investment  requirement applies to purchases by: 

  1. Accounts  managed by the Franklin  Templeton Group
  2. The Franklin  Templeton Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan
  3. Defined  contribution plans such as employer stock, bonus, pension or
  profit sharing plans that meet the requirements for  qualification  under 
  Section 401 of the Code,  including salary  reduction  plans  qualified under 
  Section 401(k) of the Code, and that (i) are sponsored by an employer with at 
  least 10,000 employees,  or (ii) have plan assets of $100  million  or more
  4. Trust  companies  and  bank  trust departments initially investing in the 
  Franklin  Templeton Funds at least $1 million of assets held in a fiduciary, 
  agency, advisory, custodial or similar capacity  and over which the trust  
  companies and bank trust departments or other plan fiduciaries or 
  participants, in the case of certain retirement plans, have full or shared 
  investment  discretion  
  5. Any  other  investor, including a private  investment  vehicle such as a 
  family trust or foundation, who is a member of a  qualified  group,  if the 
  group as a whole  meets the $5 million minimum investment requirement. A 
  qualified group is one that:

     o Was formed at least six months ago,

     o Has a purpose  other than buying  Fund  shares at a discount, 

     o Has more  than 10 members, 

     o Can arrange for meetings between our representatives and group members,

     o Agrees to include Franklin  Templeton Fund sales and other  materials in
     publications and mailings to its members at reduced or no cost to
     Distributors,

     o Agrees to arrange for payroll  deduction  or other bulk  transmission  of
     investments  to the Fund,  and 

     o Meets other uniform criteria that allow Distributors to achieve cost 
     savings in distributing shares.



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