August 31, 1999
Delaware Limited-Term Government Fund
Supplement to the Statement of Additional Information
dated April 28, 1999
The following supplements the section of the Statement of
Additional Information entitled Redemption and Exchange:
Checkwriting Feature
Shareholders of the Class A Shares and the Institutional
Class holding shares for which certificates have not been issued
may request on the investment application that they be provided
with special forms of checks which may be issued to redeem their
shares by drawing on the Delaware Group Limited-Term Government
Funds, Inc.-Limited-Term Government Fund account with First Union
Bank. Normally, it takes two weeks from the date the
shareholder's initial purchase check clears to receive the ten-
check book. The use of any form of check other than the Fund's
check will not be permitted unless approved by the Fund. The
Checkwriting Feature is not available with respect to the Class B
Shares, Class C Shares or for retirement plans.
(1) Redemption checks must be made payable in an amount of
$500 or more.
(2) Checks must be signed by the shareholder(s) of record
or, in the case of an organization, by the authorized person(s).
If registration is in more than one name, unless otherwise
indicated on the investment application or your checkwriting
authorization form, these checks must be signed by all owners
before the Fund will honor them. Through this procedure the
shareholder will continue to be entitled to distributions paid on
these shares up to the time the check is presented for payment.
(3) If a shareholder who recently purchased shares by check
seeks to redeem all or a portion of those shares through the
Checkwriting Feature, the Fund will not honor the redemption
request unless it is reasonably satisfied of the collection of
the investment check. A hold period against a recent purchase
may be up to but not in excess of 15 days, depending upon the
origin of the investment check.
(4) If the amount of the check is greater than the value of
the shares held in the shareholder's account, the check will be
returned and the shareholder's bank may charge a fee.
(5) Checks may not be used to close accounts.
The Fund reserves the right to revoke the Checkwriting
Feature of shareholders who overdraw their accounts or if, in the
opinion of management, such revocation is otherwise in the Fund's
best interest.
Shareholders will be subject to First Union Bank's rules and
regulations governing similar accounts. This service may be
terminated or suspended at any time by First Union Bank, the Fund
or the Transfer Agent. As the Fund must redeem shares at their
net asset value next determined (subject, in the case of Class A
Shares, to any Limited CDSC), it will not be able to redeem all
shares held in a shareholder's account by means of a check
presented directly to the bank. The Fund and the Transfer Agent
will not be responsible for the inadvertent processing of
post-dated checks or checks more than six months old.
Stop-Payment Requests--Investors may request a stop payment
on checks by providing the Fund with a written authorization to
do so. Oral requests will be accepted provided that the Fund
promptly receives a written authorization. Such requests will
remain in effect for six months unless renewed or canceled. The
Fund will use its best reasonable efforts to effect stop-payment
instructions, but does not promise or guarantee that such
instructions will be effective.
Return of Checks--Checks used in redeeming shares from a
shareholder's account will be accumulated and returned semi-annually.
Shareholders needing a copy of a redemption check before the regular
mailing should contact Delaware Service Company, Inc. at 800-523-1918.
