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Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Philadelphia National Bank Building
1345 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3496
March 30, 1998
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Excelsior Funds, Inc.
File Nos. 2-92665/811-4088
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Excelsior Funds, Inc. (the "Company") and pursuant to Rule
497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), I hereby
certify that: (i) the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated
March 16, 1998 with respect to the Company's Large Cap Growth and Real Estate
Funds that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933
Act would not have differed from the Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information contained in the Company's most recent Post-Effective Amendment to
its Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, ("PEA #31"), which was filed on March 16, 1998;
and (ii) the text of PEA #31 has been filed electronically.
Questions and comments concerning this letter may be directed to the
undersigned at (215) 988-2670.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Daniel A. Moonay
Daniel A. Moonay
