One Commerce Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Delaware Group of Funds
DELAWARE
GROUP
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1933 Act Rule 497(j)
File No. 2-95928
1940 Act File No. 811-4547
September 2, 1997
Filed via EDGAR (CIK #0000763749)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: File No. 2-95928
Voyageur Mutual Funds III, Inc.
Dear Commission:
In accordance with the provisions of Rule 497(j), under the
Securities Act of 1933, this is to certify that the forms of the
Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information that would
have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 do not differ
from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 31, the most
recent post-effective amendment of Voyageur Mutual Funds III,
Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 was transmitted
electronically to the Commission on August 27, 1997 under
paragraph (b) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933.
Very truly yours,
/s/David P. O'Connor
David P. O'Connor
Assistant Vice President/
Assistant Secretary/
Senior Counsel
