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NUVEEN TAX-FREE RESERVES, INC.
333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
July 2, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Attention: Filing Desk
Re: Nuveen Tax-Free Reserves, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
File No. 2-78736 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 15)
File No. 811-3531 (Amendment No. 16)
Gentlemen:
Nuveen Tax-Free Reserves, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby certifies,
pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, that (i) the form of
prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
under paragraph (b) or (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from that
contained in the above captioned, most recently filed amendment to the
registration statement of the Registrant (the "Amendment"), and (ii) the text of
the Amendment has been filed electronically.
Nuveen Tax-Free Reserves, Inc.
By: /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
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Gifford R. Zimmerman
