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SIGNATURE SUSAN C. COTE'
TITLE TREASURER
This report is signed on behalf of the Registrant in the City of New York
and State of New York on the 30th day of October, 1995.
Prudential Government Income Fund, Inc.
Witness:/s/ S. Jane Rose By:/s/ Eugene S. Stark S.
Jane Rose Eugene S. Stark
Secretary Treasurer
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