FIDELITY ADVISOR SERIES IV
497, 1999-11-01
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE

FIDELITY INSTITUTIONAL
SHORT-INTERMEDIATE GOVERNMENT FUND

JANUARY 29, 1999

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

THE FOLLOWING NON-FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS REPLACE NON-FUNDAMENTAL
INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS (III) AND (V) FOUND IN THE "INVESTMENT POLICIES
AND LIMITATIONS" SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 2.

(iii) The fund may borrow money only (a) from a bank or from a
registered investment company or portfolio for which FMR or an
affiliate serves as investment adviser or (b) by engaging in reverse
repurchase agreements with any party (reverse repurchase agreements
are treated as borrowings for purposes of fundamental investment
limitation (3)).

(v) The fund does not currently intend to lend assets other than
securities to other parties, except by (a) lending money (up to 15% of
the fund's net assets) to a registered investment company or portfolio
for which FMR or an affiliate serves as investment adviser or (b)
acquiring loans, loan participations, or other forms of direct debt
instruments and, in connection therewith, assuming any associated
unfunded commitments of the sellers. (This limitation does not apply
to purchases of debt securities or to repurchase agreements.)

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTS THE INFORMATION FOUND IN THE
"INVESTMENT POLICIES AND LIMITATIONS" SECTION ON PAGE 3.

For purposes of normally investing at least 65% of the fund's total
assets in U.S. Government securities, FMR interprets "total assets" to
exclude collateral received for securities lending transactions.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REPLACES SIMILAR INFORMATION FOUND IN THE
"TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS" SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 14.

*EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3d (68), Trustee and President, is Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and a Director of FMR Corp.; a Director and Chairman
of the Board and of the Executive Committee of FMR; Chairman and a
Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (1998),
Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., and Fidelity Management &
Research (Far East) Inc.; and a Director of FDC. Abigail Johnson,
Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Advisor Series IV, is Mr.
Johnson's daughter.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTS THE INFORMATION FOUND IN THE
"TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS" BEGINNING SECTION ON PAGE 14.

ABIGAIL P. JOHNSON (37), Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity
Advisor Series IV (1999), is Vice President of certain Equity Funds
(1997), and is a Director of FMR Corp. (1994). Before assuming her
current responsibilities, Ms. Johnson managed a number of Fidelity
funds. Edward C. Johnson 3d, Trustee and President of the Funds, is
Ms. Johnson's father.

   NED C. LAUTENBACH (55), Member of the Advisory Board (1999), has
been a partner of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (private equity
investment firm) since September 1998. Mr. Lautenbach was Senior Vice
President of IBM Corporation from 1992 until his retirement in July
1998. From 1993 to 1995 he was Chairman of IBM World Trade
Corporation. He also was a member of IBM's Corporate Executive
Committee from 1994 to July 1998. He is a Director of PPG Industries
Inc. (glass, coating and chemical manufacturer), Dynatech Corporation
(global communications equipment), Eaton Corporation (global
manufacturer of highly engineered products) and ChoicePoint Inc. (data
identification, retrieval, storage, and analysis).

   THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOUND IN THE "TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS"
SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 14 HAS BEEN REMOVED.

   LEONARD M. RUSH (52), Assistant Treasurer (1994), is an employee of
FMR (1994). Prior to becoming Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity
funds, Mr. Rush was Chief Compliance Officer of FMR Corp. (1993-1994)
and Chief Financial Officer of Fidelity Brokerage Services, Inc.
(1990-1993).

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REPLACES THE COMPENSATION TABLE FOUND IN THE
"TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS" SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 14.

The following table sets forth information describing the compensation
of each Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of the fund for his
or her services for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1998, or
calendar year ended December 31, 1998, as applicable.

COMPENSATION TABLE


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                          <C>                          <C>

Trustees and Members of the  Aggregate Compensation from  Total Compensation from the
Advisory Board               Fidelity Institutional       Fund Complex*,A
                             Short-Intermediate
                             Government FundB

Edward C. Johnson 3d**       $ 0                          $ 0

Abigail P. Johnson**         $ 0                          $ 0

J. Gary Burkhead**           $ 0                          $ 0

Ralph F. Cox                 $ 128                        $ 223,500

Phyllis Burke Davis          $ 127                        $ 220,500

Robert M. Gates              $ 129                        $ 223,500

E. Bradley Jones             $ 128                        $ 222,000

Donald J. Kirk               $ 131                        $ 226,500

Ned C. Lautenbach***         $ 0                          $ 0

Peter S. Lynch**             $ 0                          $ 0

William O. McCoy             $ 129                        $ 223,500

Gerald C. McDonough          $ 159                        $ 273,500

Marvin L. Mann               $ 127                        $ 220,500

Robert C. Pozen**            $ 0                          $ 0

Thomas R. Williams           $ 129                        $ 223,500


</TABLE>

* Information is for the calendar year ended December 31, 1998 for 237
funds in the complex.

** Interested Trustees of the fund, Ms. Johnson and Mr. Burkhead, are
compensated by FMR.

   *** Effective October 14, 1999, Mr. Lautenbach serves as a Member
of the Advisory Board.

A Compensation figures include cash, amounts required to be deferred,
and may include amounts deferred at the election of Trustees. For the
calendar year ended December 31, 1998, the Trustees accrued required
deferred compensation from the funds as follows: Ralph F. Cox,
$75,000; Phyllis Burke Davis, $75,000; Robert M. Gates, $75,000; E.
Bradley Jones, $75,000; Donald J. Kirk, $75,000; William O. McCoy,
$75,000; Gerald C. McDonough, $87,500; Marvin L. Mann, $75,000; and
Thomas R. Williams, $75,000. Certain of the non-interested Trustees
elected voluntarily to defer a portion of their compensation as
follows: Ralph F. Cox, $55,039; Marvin L. Mann, $55,039; Thomas R.
Williams, $63,433; and William O. McCoy, $55,039.

B Compensation figures include cash, and may include amounts required
to be deferred and amounts deferred at the election of Trustees.





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