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May 4, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Prudential Government Income Fund, Inc.
(File No. 2-82976)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of the Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to
Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectus contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 25 was filed electronically on April 28, 1998.
Prudential Government Income
Fund, Inc.
/s/ Deborah A. Docs
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Deborah A. Docs
Assistant Secretary
cc: Greg Bressler
